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Goro Yuki

ゆうき ごろう

Yuki Goro

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Physician
Active Years
1998-

Awards

Suntory Mystery Award
1998
Work: Ventricular Fibrillation
Organization: Suntory
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ventricular Fibrillation

1998 Medical / Mystery 280 pages

A medical mystery about Kenji Uehara, an associate professor involved in a medical malpractice incident 20 years earlier, who becomes haunted by his past and spirals toward ruin. Written by a practicing physician, the novel focuses on medical ethics and the darkness in human hearts; it was the author's first long-form novel after three years of development.

medical malpracticeethicsguilt and redemptionpsychological characterization
Adaptations
  • [Television drama] Ventricular Fibrillation / 小田切正明 (1998)

Bibliography

  • Ventricular Fibrillation (Bungeishunju, 1998)

Adaptations

  • Television adaptation (1998, TV Asahi network)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realistic depictionmedical realismpsychological analysis
Recurring Motifs
past sinsinner darknessmedical ethics

Legacy

Goro Yuki's Ventricular Fibrillation drew attention as the winner of the 15th Suntory Mystery Award and was praised for its realistic depiction of medicine and its engagement with ethical issues. The novel was adapted for television and helped establish a notable example of socially engaged medical mystery fiction.

Trivia

  • The author is a practicing physician and wrote the novel based on medical experience.
  • The work won the 15th Suntory Mystery Award.
  • The novel was adapted into a television drama in 1998 and broadcast on TV Asahi network.