Ep. 23: 石像のヴィーナスと「お喋り」するアルバイト。不思議な読後感をくれる『休館日の彼女たち』 episode artwork

EPISODE · Apr 9, 2026 · 13 MIN

Ep. 23: 石像のヴィーナスと「お喋り」するアルバイト。不思議な読後感をくれる『休館日の彼女たち』

from Pages and Afterwords · host Lili

今回のエピソードでは、八木詠美さんの『休館日の彼女たち』をご紹介します。(冒頭で本のタイトル言い間違えてます…すみません!) 主人公リカの仕事は、美術館にあるヴィーナス像の「話し相手」になること。設定だけ聞くとファンタジーのようですが、読み進める中で不思議なリアリティに包まれます。 「読んだ後に心に何かがあるのに、それを言葉で表せない」そんな、無理にロジカルに説明しなくてもいい読後感について、また日本語ならではの「カタカナ表記」がもたらす独特の距離感についてもお話しします。Today, I’m diving into When the Museum is Closed (Kyukanbi no Kanojotachi) by Emi Yagi. The story follows Rika, a woman whose part-time job is to hold conversations with a statue of Venus at a museum. While it sounds like a surreal fantasy, the book feels somehow grounded in a reality.In this episode, I share why I actually enjoyed NOT being able to logically explain my feelings about this book. I also discuss the unique experience of reading this story in Japanese - how the visual use of Katakana for names creates a specific sense of detachment, and the beautiful, quiet way the protagonist’s inner world begins to shift.The next episode will be in English covering the same book, so stay tuned!

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Ep. 23: 石像のヴィーナスと「お喋り」するアルバイト。不思議な読後感をくれる『休館日の彼女たち』

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