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『괴소 소설』 『독소 소설』에 이은 히가시노 게이고의 유머 소설 시리즈 세 번째 작품으로, 흔히 미스터리의 제왕이라고 불리는 작가가 뜻밖에도 유머 소설 장르에서 보여준 탁월한 기량이 절정에 이르렀음을 느끼게 해 주는 책이다.
‘흑소(黑笑)‘라는 제목이 보여주듯 웃음을 유발하면서도 그 밑바탕에 비합리와 부조리로 가득한 인간과 사회를 향해 던지는 섬뜩하고도 잔혹한 반어와 풍자가를 가득 담겨 있다. 이중 첫 네 편은 히가시노가 몸담은 문단과 출판계의 뒷이야기를 다루었다. 유머라는 소설적 장치를 동원하고는 있지만 실상은 감추고 싶은 내밀한 이야기들을 폭로하는 수준이어서 출판 대국 일본의 민낯을 낱낱이 드러낸다.
‘흑소(黑笑)‘라는 제목이 보여주듯 웃음을 유발하면서도 그 밑바탕에 비합리와 부조리로 가득한 인간과 사회를 향해 던지는 섬뜩하고도 잔혹한 반어와 풍자가를 가득 담겨 있다. 이중 첫 네 편은 히가시노가 몸담은 문단과 출판계의 뒷이야기를 다루었다. 유머라는 소설적 장치를 동원하고는 있지만 실상은 감추고 싶은 내밀한 이야기들을 폭로하는 수준이어서 출판 대국 일본의 민낯을 낱낱이 드러낸다.
332 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 2005
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About the author
Keigo Higashino
229 books8,477 followersAssociated 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.
* 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.
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March 4, 2017
I think it's an okay-ish 'fun and game' book, but the sense of humor goes dense pretty soon.
August 14, 2011
本を持ている手のひらがかゆくなってるように錯覚するほど、自分で笑ってる本。しかも時々苦笑い。
May 18, 2015
Great. Just great. This guy's pulled off black humour in Japanese.
August 12, 2016
weird, absorbing, humorous and thought-provoking.
September 2, 2016
引人入胜的短篇集：囊括了对世态炎凉的嘲讽和对复杂人性的剖析。
June 13, 2019
東野式的幽默，輕鬆小品。
頭前幾篇諷刺文學界的梗，
頗有「這就是現實世界」的同感。
最喜歡「不笑的男人」這篇，
雖然老梗，但最後逆轉的結尾還是嘴角失守。
頭前幾篇諷刺文學界的梗，
頗有「這就是現實世界」的同感。
最喜歡「不笑的男人」這篇，
雖然老梗，但最後逆轉的結尾還是嘴角失守。
February 5, 2020
现代版格林童话
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews