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Mystery Writers of Japan Award にほんすいりさっかきょうかいしょう

Edition 26 (1973)

Mystery novel

Winners

2 people
Shizuko Natsuki なつき しずこ award

蒸発-ある愛の終わり- is a mystery fiction by 夏樹静子. Recognized in 1973, it is valued for its focused voice and for the way it leaves a sense of people, place, and time with the reader.

蒸発-ある愛の終わり- captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.

memory and placehuman feelingsocial context
Seiichi Morimura もりむら せいいち award

腐蝕の構造 is a mystery fiction by 森村誠一. Recognized in 1973, it is valued for its focused voice and for the way it leaves a sense of people, place, and time with the reader.

腐蝕の構造 captures a sense of people and time within a tightly shaped form.

568 pages
memory and placehuman feelingsocial context