Mephisto Award
1 appearances
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Edition 51 (2015) award
Shingi Inoue
いのうえ しんぎ
Inoue Shingi
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2015-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Mephisto Prize (51st) | Predicate Logic of Love and Taboo | — | Kodansha | 受賞 |
Mephisto Prize (51st)
Work:
Predicate Logic of Love and Taboo
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Predicate Logic of Love and Taboo
2015 Mystery 320 pagesOne summer day, university student Eihiko Morijo visits Suzuri, who lives in an old house in northern Kanto, to consult about an incident that occurred at a girls' gathering. Through Suzuri's investigative insight and conversations with Eihiko, the truths behind murders in Osaka and at a Western-style villa in Yamanashi are uncovered in this mystery novel.
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Bibliography
- Predicate Logic of Love and Taboo (Kodansha Novels, 2015)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- logical and composed deductive proseemphasis on classical tricks and structural elegance
- Recurring Motifs
- mathematical conceptsfamily secretstwins and identity
Legacy
A debut that drew attention as a Mephisto Prize winner; noted for its incorporation of classical locked-room tricks and mathematical motifs.
Quotes
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The detective figure, the charming aunt Suzuri, is captivating. The work is coherently and austerely structured.
Source: Masaki Tsuji (novelist)
Trivia
- Debut novel and winner of the 51st Mephisto Prize (award year unspecified in sources)
- Published by Kodansha Novels on 2015-01-07
- Cover illustration by Hagu Koshima
- Cover design by Koichi Sakano (welle design)
- Book design by Hiroto Kumagai and Noriyuki Kamatsu
- Some characters also appear in other works (e.g., 'Sono Kanosei wa Sudeni Kangaeta')