オイディプス症候群

オイディプス症候群 #1-2

by Kiyoshi Kasai, 笠井 潔

探偵小説の原点「矢吹駆」シリーズ、待望の最新作!エーゲ海に浮かぶミノタウロス島。

不思議な建造物ダイダロス館に集まった十人の男女は、ギリシア神話をなぞった装飾を施されながら次々と殺害されていく…。
カケルが示唆する孤島の連続殺人の「本質直観」とは…。

895 pages, Tankobon Hardcover

First published March 1, 2002

Reviews

[Life · Rating 4 out of 5]

“In Oedipus, who appears in the tragedy, there is the aspect of an old-type king who rules in the dualization of knowledge and power. Moreover, at the final curtain, Oedipus is forced to realize his own ignorance. This tragedy ends by showing that power is connected not to knowledge but to ignorance, that it is nothing but a child of forgetting and ignorance.”

“Is it only the criminal who is cunning and wise? No, no, that is not the case. A detective, who engages in a life-or-death struggle of wits with the criminal, can only achieve the final victory because he is more cunning than the criminal.”

“In a locked room, ‘the dream of a privileged death is sealed’ from the outside. In a deserted island or a mountain lodge in a storm depicted in a detective novel, it is ‘sealed’ from the inside…”

The philosophical aspects are interesting to read, but the mystery plot takes a bit of a backseat, which is a shame, as there are some really cool ideas to be found here. I'm excited to see where Kasai takes his characters from here, especially considering the very final reveal.

[Alex Yang · Rating 5 out of 5]

非常厚的書 夾了不少哲學的想法 但案件本身很嚴僅 每個線索都解釋的很清楚