학생가의 살인

by Keigo Higashino, 히가시노 게이고, 김난주 (Translator)

일본 추리 작가 협회상 장편 부문 후보에 오른 히가시노 게이고 본격 미스터리의 백미『학생가의 살인』. 퇴락해가는 대학가에서 벌어지는 연쇄 살인을 배경으로, 방황하는 청년의 성장기를 아름답게 묘사한 『학생가의 살인』은 오늘날 ‘일본 미스터리 소설의 제왕’이라는 타이틀을 얻기까지 그 도화선이 됐다고 할 수 있는 서른 살 전후 청년 히가시노 게이고의 진면목을 보여 준다. 때론 아직 순수하고 풋풋하며, 때론 최근작에서 볼 수 없는 치열한 작가정신이 번득이는 걸작 장편 소설이다.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

571 pages, Hardcover

First published June 24, 1987

About the author

Associated Names:
* Keigo Higashino
* 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)


Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.

Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.　(presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.

In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel.

The Devotion of Suspect X was the second highest selling book in all of Japan— fiction or nonfiction—the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel— the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, The Devotion of Suspect X spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest‐grossing film of the year.

Higashino’s novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.

Reviews

[Life · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Don’t try to know everything. That’s a form of violence in itself.”

“Just because you’ve lived a few more years doesn’t mean you know how to live. I don’t even have my own life figured out. Everyone can only experience one life, so they only know one life. To interfere with someone else’s way of life is a kind of arrogance.”

I think this might be the turning point from the very typical orthodox early Higashino to the more human-focused drama. This one felt very overly long, so it didn't grab my attention that much.

[Indy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three murder cases that seemed to be committed by the same serial killer, which turned out to be a case inside another case. Higashino always knows how to surprise you with a twist near the end of his stories, and warms your heart with life wisdom that you should hold on to.

[ada · Rating 5 out of 5]

why do people have so many fucking secrets
blows my mind that higashino was writing about AI and knowledge engineering in 1987

[TechTim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good typical mystery book.

[Ying-Chieh · Rating 3 out of 5]

一開始有點難進入狀況～
不過中間鋪陳的還不錯，會讓人想快點看到結局。
結局鋪陳了一個反轉，但這種反轉反而讓內容有點落入俗套了，沒有很喜歡結局的安排。

[隻眼簽到 · Rating 3 out of 5]

感覺是細細雕琢過的作品，字裡行間頗能感受到作者在佈局、運筆上的用心，包含對社會人生的思考等，顯示了作者涵融本格與社會推理的書寫風格。但作者的「社會」敘述常流於直白，技巧不高。例如，為了保住職位，謀奪對手公司的商業情報，事後又欲殺人滅口的兇手井原，在事跡敗露，跳樓自殺前，竟還在申辯不要看不起製造業之類的話，未免過於矯情。在人性面，本書讓我看到的是「嫉妒」。開車撞人逃逸的兩位女性，廣美是深自懺悔，寧願放棄個人幸福(婚姻、小孩)也要補過贖愆；純子卻因為嫉妒廣美，為了隱瞞真相，竟不惜設計讓兇手井原去殺死自己的「好友」廣美。她認為廣美因出身富貴，才能事事順遂，擁有才藝和男人的青睞。自己跟在她身邊，永遠只能是陪襯，分享她的榮耀而已。想想，嫉妒而生的恨，還真是可怕。殊不知天生好命不是罪，怕的是自己在嫉妒、扭曲別人的同時，心性早已隨之沉淪了。

[Heui Y · Rating 3 out of 5]

일본 이름은 어렵다.

[wyx · Rating 4 out of 5]

前面三分 后面一章五分，后面关于青春迷茫的东西……大家个 还是不要那么悠闲 抓紧干事情吧 无业游民多累啊[捂脸]