追想五斷章

by Honobu Yonezawa, 米澤穗信, 江裕真 (Translator)

五篇沒有結局的故事隱藏的卻是一個令人悲傷的真相！？
我期待著，只要收集到父親的斷章，就能夠找到充滿疑問的那一天的真相……

菅生芳光為了能重回大學唸書，而在叔叔經營的舊書店打工賺學費。某天，名叫北里可南子的女子來到店裡，以重金委託芳光，找尋她父親北里參吾生前以筆名「叶黑白」在同人誌發表的五篇小說。

這五篇小說全都是沒有結局的故事（由讀者自行想像），而北里參吾在留給女兒的遺物中，有著像是寫有每篇結局的原稿。打算賺取外快的芳光瞞著叔叔著手調查，每當找到一篇斷章小說時，芳光就跟可南子拿最後一段的文字，以將這沒有結局的故事補完。

只是在調查的過程當中，芳光得知，北里參吾實際上是某起殺人案件的嫌疑犯，而事情的真相似乎就隱藏在這些沒有結局的故事裡……

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2009

About the author

Honobu Yonezawa (米澤穂信), Yonezawa Honobu, born 1978) loved making up stories even as a child and began writing fiction at the age of 14. By the time he got to university he was posting stories on his own website. After graduation he continued writing while working in a bookstore, and first got into print in 2001 when Hyoka (Ice Cream), a YA mystery novel he submitted for the Kadokawa School Novel Prize competition, earned an honorable mention. Sayonara yosei (Farewell, Sprite), a critically acclaimed story of the relationship between Japanese high-school boys and a girl from war-torn Yugoslavia, helped cement his reputation when it was published in 2004. Since then he has been a regular presence on lists of the year's best mysteries. Oreta ryukotsu (Broken Keel) won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Novels in 2011. Though known especially for his distinctive and fresh blending of the tale of youth with the whodunit, Yonezawa has also made forays into science fiction, as with 2006’s Botorunekku (Bottleneck) and 2007’s Inshitemiru (Try Indulging), a sinister "murder game" story. In 2013 he published the novel Rikashiburu (Recursible). He is a leading figure among Japan's younger generation of mystery writers.

source：http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/...

Reviews

[Geun Woo Shin · Rating 4 out of 5]

도서관에서 요네자와 호노부 책을 둘러보다가 부담없어보여서 집었다.
역시나 술술 넘어가고
뭔가 가벼운듯한 일상에서 미스터리로 전환되는 리듬과
새롭고 짜임새 있는 진행이 정말 재미있다.

다만 미스터리의 해 라고 할수있는 살해방법은 조금은 납득하기 어렵다.
물론 그 지점 또한 '100%의 일방적 과실은 아님' 이라는 장치를 구성해놓기는 하였으나
다른 작품에서보다 동기적인 측면이 약하고 그 방법 또한 고개를 갸웃거리게 하는 면이 있다.

그래도 주기적으로 읽어줘야하는 작가다.

[Mylove4book · Rating 5 out of 5]

所謂的收尾究竟是畫龍點睛、還是多此一舉？由失落的五個篇章為引，帶出的一個很特別的懸疑小說。