後巷説百物語 [Nochino Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari]

巷説百物語

by Natsuhiko Kyogoku

《后巷说百物语》是妖怪小说之王京极夏彦的代表作，获第130届直木奖，“巷说百物语”系列的第3部。日本江户时代，怪力乱神流传，世间鬼影绰约，但世间再没有比人更可怕的魑魅魍魉。“百物语”是日本江户时代一种流行的游戏：夏季夜晚，人们身穿青衣在暗室聚集，点燃一百支蜡烛，轮流讲述骇人怪谈，每讲完一则便吹灭一支蜡烛。相传，蜡烛全部熄灭时，必有异象发生。几百年后，古老的怪谈游戏并没有消失：东京警视厅一等巡查矢作经常解决奇怪案件，名震一方，殊不知他背后有三位友人和热爱搜集奇闻异事的老者帮忙。看似妖怪横行的现象背后，其实都是人心的妖魔作祟使然。

779 pages, Tankobon Hardcover

First published December 1, 2003

About the author

Natsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.

Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Artur Coelho · Rating 3 out of 5]

Com um traço simples e elegante, são adaptadas algumas das pequenas histórias de fantasmagorias que formam a tessitura do sobrenatural tradicional japonês. Não esperem voos de visceralidade, ou cruzamentos com memorialização (como no soberbo NonNonBa). São terrores muito simples, pouco mais do que meros vislumbres que causam arrepios, premonições, sonhos inquietantes.

[Jessica.M · Rating 2 out of 5]

Marched through another one, now I’m on the second half of this series. Still don’t like the author’s style.