毒笑小說

Laughing story #2

by Keigo Higashino, 林佩瑾 (Translator), 東野圭吾

본격 미스터리에 집중해 온 작가 히가시노 게이고는 1995년 『괴소 소설』이라는 단편 모음집을 발표하면서 유머 소설 장르에 처음으로 도전한다. 그 폭발적인 반응에 힘입어 이듬해 새로 내놓은 작품이 『독소 소설』이다. 일찍이 국내에 소개된 바 있지만, 이번에 일본 문학 전문 번역가 이혁재 씨가 새로이 번역했다. 히가시노 게이고 특유의 독설과 블랙 유머를 잘 살린 경쾌한 번역이 돋보인다.

첫 편 ‘유괴 천국’은 작가가 본래 장편으로 구상했던 작품으로, 돈 많은 재벌 할아버지가 학교공부에 시달리는 다섯 살짜리 손자를 구출하려고 자신의 친구들과 모의해 ‘유괴’를 실행에 옮기는 이야기다. 어릴 때부터 부모에 의해 사육되다시피 하는 일본 교육의 문제점을 신랄하게 풍자한 이 작품은 비슷한 처지에 놓인 한국 교육의 현실을 떠올리게 한다.

‘에인절’은 남태평양 작은 섬 주변에서 발견된 새로운 생물체를 둘러싸고 벌어지는 소동 통해 방사능을 비롯한 환경 문제의 심각성을 고발한다. 이밖에도 남편의 직장 상사 부인이 주재하는 티 파티에 참석해 그녀가 만드는 맛없는 음식을 억지로 먹으며 찬사를 바쳐야 하는 아내들의 고통을 다룬 ‘핸드메이드 사모님' 등으로 구성되었다.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Japanese Literature, Novels, Short Stories, Humor

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2010

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

[icedcoffee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very ironic

[吕不理 · Rating 2 out of 5]

日本就是一个恨矛盾的国家 很多社会问题其实挺通用的
但阅读体验并不好 啰嗦 拖沓 这还是短篇小说集呢

[ada · Rating 3 out of 5]

sarcasm is pretty peak

[Tracybai · Rating 3 out of 5]

妻子身亡却掩盖事实自己继续写作
杀掉妻子想自首警察却不让
认错杀人凶手却不敢承认怕人们嘲笑他
一连串打电话给别人要绑架赎金

[XUE · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a great storyteller. Witty dark humor.

[Liwen · Rating 2 out of 5]

和怪笑小說是同一系列的，東野圭吾想以黑色幽默的方式呈現，但可能是文化差異的關係，我比較無法和書中幽默的方式產生共鳴（這本書不是我的菜）！！

[Nan Lu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn't see much creativity here

[Heyyawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was touched by the story of the man who wanna be a pianist. I always pretend to ignore my dreams. :(

[Kyoungjin Lim · Rating 4 out of 5]

大笑いの後味は。。。ぞっとする。