Mystery Writers of Japan Award
殺意という名の家畜 (角川文庫)
A hard-boiled novel in which the narrator follows the traces of a missing young woman into an urban atmosphere of decadence and violence. It sharply portrays the fragility of youth and the cold human relationships behind the incident.
Work Information
A scrap of paper left by a vanished woman draws a man toward an incident hidden deep within a decaying city.
This work by Norio Kono won the seventeenth Mystery Writers of Japan Award. The KADOKAWA official page confirms the electronic edition's description, and HMV's Kadokawa Bunko bibliographic record confirms ISBN 9784041346051 and ISBN-10 4041346053 for a print edition.
Review Summaries
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The dry narrative voice and decadent atmosphere form the core of the work. Beyond the incident itself, the characters' self-destructive lives and loneliness leave a strong impression.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 角川書店
- Published
- 1979-05-01
- Pages
- 272 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784041346051
- ISBN-10
- 4041346053
- Price
- 520 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
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