Book Review | Nono Aomame (Author) "I'll Pass on Aikawa" (Watashi no Gendai Shinsho)

A tell-all exposé!!
In this highly advanced information society, the publication of Nono Aomame's "I'll Pass on Aikawa" was being plotted in secret!!

The mysterious and enigmatic woman, Nono Aomame, has peeled back the veil that had never been lifted before, doing so with her own hands. I felt a greater shock than when Hiromi Go published "Daddy."

Even though it is called an exposé, it does not reveal her private life. However, her writing technique, which had been shrouded in mystery, was disclosed without reservation.

According to the author, when writing a novel, she proceeds without thinking about the ending.

"I don't think about the ending or anything when I start writing; I just let my pen run and feel like I'm leaving the ending to the pen" (quoted from the aforementioned book, p. 52, Chapter 2, "My Novel Writing Method").

To use an analogy, it is like the work of carving a wooden Buddha statue, not by carving it according to one's own will, but by finding the Buddha that already exists inside the wood while carving.

When I read this passage, I was reminded of the sixth night of Natsume Soseki's "Ten Nights of Dreams".

In the sixth night of Soseki's "Ten Nights of Dreams," the protagonist living in the modern age is depicted encountering a scene where Unkei is carving a Nio statue for some reason. Soseki has a bystander who is in the same place as the protagonist say the following.

"What, he's not making the eyebrows and nose with a chisel. He's just digging out the eyebrows and nose that are buried in the wood just like that, using the power of the chisel and mallet. It's just like digging a stone out of the ground, so there's no way he could make a mistake" (Natsume Soseki, "Buncho / Ten Nights of Dreams," Shincho Bunko, p. 42).

I have been paying attention to Nono Aomame's outstanding talent since her debut, but upon learning that her work has reached a level of mastery comparable to Soseki, I could not help but feel a sense of awe.

Her book, "I'll Pass on Aikawa," depicts the process of Aomame, who is full of an enterprising spirit, creating a new work using AI. "Aikawa" is the name of an AI assistant, but it seems that even the latest AI cannot keep up with Aomame's boundless ideas. The scene where she beats down Aikawa for not being able to understand what she says at all is thrilling. It can be said to be the highlight of this book.

I am becoming even more captivated by Nono Aomame, whose writing style is becoming increasingly enchanting.

She once said something like this.

"I want to try writing works that hurt people."
Great works, for better or worse, hurt people. Is there anyone who doesn't get traumatized after reading Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment"?

After reading "I'll Pass on Aikawa," I am convinced that the day is near when Nono Aomame's literature will transcend the framework of Japanese literature and join the ranks of world literature.

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