. . Original title: ?ライオンのおやつ

. . ISBN:?9787572601071

. . Content introduction. .

Japan’s touching and heartwarming book of the year, a book that will make you laugh, cry, and gain strength... What everyone does may illuminate the lives of others. 33-year-old Umino Shizuku suffers from the disease A serious illness that is absolutely incurable. Shizuku didn't even tell her father, the only relative in the world, so she took a few necessary items and chose the Lion House, a sanatorium on Lemon Island in the Seto Inland Sea, as her last residence. Every Sunday is snack day at the Lion House. Everyone living here can propose the snacks they want to eat in the last moments of their lives. Only Shizuku has not made a choice. Bean curds, coriander, apple pie, peony cake, every snack is connected with a precious memory. Finally, Shizuku mustered up the courage to write "thousand-layer crepe", which was the first dessert she made for her father and the first birthday gift she gave to him.

. . About the author. .

Hikawa Ito is a well-known Japanese writer. His debut novel "Snail Restaurant" sold 1 million copies in Japan and was adapted into a movie in 2010, starring the well-known actor Yuki Shibasaki. "Snail Canteen" won the 2011 Italian Newsstand Literary Award and the 2013 French Eugénie Braser Prize. The best-selling work "Camellia Stationery Shop" was shortlisted for the Japan Bookstore Award for two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017, and the sequel "Sparkling Life" was shortlisted for the 2018 Japan Bookstore Award.

Translator

Liao Wenwen graduated from Sichuan University. Japanese literature lover and young translator, his representative translations include "Natsume's Book of Friends", "Disqualification in the World", "Sorrow of Different Colors", etc. An in-depth enthusiast of Japanese railway travel, he likes to travel alone on trains throughout Japan and take pictures of the mountains and sea outside the train window.

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Cherish the life in front of you. There is a wonderful logic: if you live each day seriously, tomorrow will be better and better. It's true, trust me.

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I read the last chapter with tears in my eyes. It is not the kind of sensationalism that is deliberately meant to trick people into crying. The writing is calm and gentle, like a mother's gentle hand. Lion House, this is a hospice home located on a small island in the Seto Inland Sea. Each "guest" will meet the end of his life here. There are old people, young women, and some who unfortunately suffer from diseases. Children with incurable diseases. How wonderful it would be if I could spend time in such a warm hospice before I die! I feel ashamed to say that I have never read the author's other works before. They are also healing works and are somewhat different from Kotaro Isaka's works, but they are also very to my taste.

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A book that I read in one sitting, a very typical Japanese healing story. The so-called happiness means being in happiness but not realizing it, spending every ordinary day with trivial and harmless complaints. Also, "Living is a very rare thing, so when you encounter something delicious, you should taste it with a smile on your face.

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This book is here to save me. Have you been in a bad mood for a few days? I probably won’t be able to save my chick. I hope I can learn everything the book taught me about life and death

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Human Life , just like a candle. A candle cannot light itself, nor can it be extinguished on its own initiative. Once the candle is lit, it can only wait for the moment when the candle turns to ashes. Of course, it will occasionally burn out like your biological parents. Being extinguished suddenly under the influence of external force means becoming someone's light. Only in this way can people light up each other. Ah, it is most beautiful just before it goes out. Those of us who spend our final days in the Lion House are called guests. Whenever a guest dies, the candle at the main entrance will be lit and silent. Burn quietly for twenty-four hours. The body of the guest is taken out from the front door and sent for cremation. This is different from the death in the hospital, where the body of the deceased is always taken away quietly through the back door, trying to attract no attention. " What is heaven like? "

"It's probably a bit like a person who has been myopic for many years and sees everything in a blur. Suddenly, he gets a pair of glasses that match him perfectly, and his eyes light up. Everything has become extra clear. Perhaps it can be said that the dimensions are completely different from before? Compared with it, the world before death was simply a primitive era. ” In this world, there are two types of pain.

One is physical pain, and the other is mental pain.

If you do not overcome these two kinds of pain at the same time, you will not be able to You will have a happy ending. In addition to the physical pain, the main reason for your insomnia is the strong mental uneasiness. We can understand the uneasiness as "delusion". Once a person is bound by delusion, he will easily suffer from insomnia. Delusion is unnecessary. , we need to force the body to sleep in order to ignore our own delusions.

Just like hanging a carrot in front of a horse to make it run faster, I look forward to the rice porridge every morning, the buffet at noon, the soup and three dishes in the evening, and the afternoon tea party on Sunday. Hey, what do you think? Is it all about food? Anyway, I dangle many such ‘carrots’ for myself. Therefore, if I can extend these expectations until after death, I will have a feeling of redemption, and then use this as a direction to move forward with my own expectations. I was so happy that I couldn't help but read this email over and over again several times. As a result, I couldn't make up my mind for a long time. Should I spend a whole night savoring this joy and then reply slowly, or should I reply immediately with a "just take advantage of it now" mood? At this moment, I felt an inexplicable desire for a kiss. In short, at this moment I was looking forward to someone covering my lips with his body temperature. This is the first time I take the initiative to kiss someone. It can be said to be the first experience in life.

At this moment, except for kissing, I have no way to go. It seems that if I don't break through this barrier, there will be only a confused way forward. Since I became ill, I understood for the first time in my life that there are some things that money cannot buy. It was also after realizing this that I discovered that there are things everywhere in the world that cannot be exchanged for money.

Where there is a cause, there is an effect. Everyone can only sow, cultivate, harvest and harvest by themselves. Funny to say, I didn’t notice the beauty of bananas until my mobility became increasingly inconvenient. I had never looked closely at this fruit before, neither the time nor the inclination. A few days ago, I brought a banana back from the canteen and put it on the table in the room, intending to eat it when I was hungry.

Just when I reached out to pick it up and was about to eat it, the banana suddenly said to me:

"I am beautiful, right?"

I heard the banana's voice. It was a slightly nasal, inexplicably enchanting voice. "He said that he used to be a serious person, so he was very envious of his colleagues and subordinates who told jokes with homophones without scruples."

"It's really unimaginable." I said. "He also said that he really, really hated that kind of himself, so he wanted to do a role reversal at the last moment of his life." The girl in the painting is indeed me. Her smile does not belong to me who was once healthy, nor does it belong to me who is now sick, but belongs to both of us. Because of this, I feel that this girl is my true self. The other path of her life did not lead to the completely opposite destination from the original one, but only slightly adjusted the direction. However, she had no idea when she set foot on that road, and once she set foot on it, she had no regrets. room. It doesn't matter even if it's not a game-changing home run, because after all, people can't easily change their way of survival. The greater meaning of life lies in not giving up until the last moment and working hard to seek change. I gently picked up the peony cake wrapped in soy flour and took a small bite, as if giving it a kiss. Perhaps he does not understand that illness does not excuse all behavior. I can't end my life with this desolate heart and do nothing. I had never mentioned these thoughts to anyone before. Being angry about being sick makes the other person inside of you feel even more angry. It is too cruel to loudly encourage people who have already tried their best with "Please come on". I want to hug myself tightly with my arms from behind, and say a word of comfort behind her:

Thank you, you have tried your best to live for a long time.

A beautiful death is as good as a fulfilling life.

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Since I got sick, I understand for the first time in my life that there are some things that cannot be bought with money. It was only after realizing this that I discovered that there are things everywhere in the world that cannot be exchanged for money

Looking back on this life, I feel that it is somewhat meaningful and it has given me all kinds of tastes. Maybe it exists just to let me learn how to accept loss

And the greater meaning of life is to not give up until the last moment and strive to seek change

As long as you are alive, people You have the opportunity to change everything

Dim sum is the nourishment of the soul and the reward of life

Being alive means becoming someone’s light. Consume your own life and become the light for others. Only in this way can people illuminate each other. Just like the heroine and her father, they have always supported each other and worked hard to live for many years

There must be something invisible that maintains the connection between people. Living itself can become the light of others and shine for each other

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Madonna once said that there are two types of pain in this world. One is physical pain and the other is mental pain. If both pains are not overcome at the same time, there will be no happy ending.

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Life only needs to be good, not long. Kaneyoshi Yoshida said in "Uranususa": "Everything is wrong, not enough to express, not enough to wish for.

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Quoted from page 252