第94屆奧斯卡最佳國際電影獎《在車上》原著小說
★失去女人的男人們，如悠揚且哀愁的孤獨藍調★
收錄七篇短篇小說，主題圍繞「愛情對象的消失」，這些失去女人的男人們，有的疑惑不解，有些悵然若失，或是迷茫不知所措，但無論如何，生活必須繼續下去，情感的殘局還是必須自己收拾，而過程中，或許會發現未知的秘密，意外揭開幽微人心的謎團。
其中《在車上》這篇小說被翻拍成電影，由日本導演濱口龍介執導，知名日本男星西島秀俊擔綱男主角，不僅榮獲第74屆坎城影展最佳劇本獎等4項大獎，也拿下奧斯卡最佳國際電影獎。
故事描述舞台劇演員家福裕介對兩年前去世妻子的外遇對象感到非常好奇，一次機緣下他來到廣島戲劇節協助舞台劇製作，也藉機和那位男性成為朋友，但他到底想從這段逝去的關係裡找到什麼呢？在廣島四處移動，讓家福不得不雇用代駕司機，卻沒想到司機居然是個女的，不喜歡給女性駕車的家福，卻意外與司機美沙紀在狹小的客車空間裡展開一段對話，緩緩揭露家福與妻子的互動和記憶，以及他面對妻子離世的悲傷和接受被背叛的事實...
書寫男性面對愛情的失落，他們的姿態、樣貌和心境轉折，彷彿爵士藍調的淡然與哀愁譜出一段段精彩的故事。
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