Kazuo Ishiguroの短編小説集、Nocturnes、三番目の作品はMALVERN HILLSです。Ishiguro作品には丘、追憶、音楽が必ずと言って良いほど出てきます。最初は気が付かなかったのですが、この短編集Nocturnesにはサブタイトルがあって、Five Stories of Music and Nightfallとありました。どうりで音楽家がよく顔をだす話が多いと思いました。MALVERN HILLSの話は音楽家の主人公がやはり一時的にMALVERN HILLSの姉夫婦が経営しているカフェに滞在した時の話です。スイスから来たカフェの客夫婦との会話の個所を引用します。
'I wonder, Is there by any chance a small hotel you can recommend for us nearby? Nothing too expensive, but comfortable and pleasant. And if possible, with something of the English flavour!'
Maggie was a bit stumped by this and delayed her answer by saying something meaningless like: 'What sort of place did you want?' But I said quickly:
'The Malvern Lodge! That sounds just the ticket!'
Maggieは主人公の姉です。 主人公が "That sounds just the ticket!" と言っていますが、この " the ticket" の意味は何でしょう？
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: the correct or desirable thing: cooperation, that's the ticket
・American Heritage Dictionary: The proper or desirable thing: A change of scene would be just the ticket for us.
・Oxford English Dictionary: (the ticket) informal the desirable or correct thing: a wet spring would be just the ticket for the garden
'I wonder, Is there by any chance a small hotel you can recommend for us nearby? Nothing too expensive, but comfortable and pleasant. And if possible, with something of the English flavour!'
Maggie was a bit stumped by this and delayed her answer by saying something meaningless like: 'What sort of place did you want?' But I said quickly:
'The Malvern Lodge! That sounds just the ticket!'
Maggieは主人公の姉です。 主人公が "That sounds just the ticket!" と言っていますが、この " the ticket" の意味は何でしょう？
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: the correct or desirable thing: cooperation, that's the ticket
・American Heritage Dictionary: The proper or desirable thing: A change of scene would be just the ticket for us.
・Oxford English Dictionary: (the ticket) informal the desirable or correct thing: a wet spring would be just the ticket for the garden
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