Mystery Writers of Japan Award
日本推理作家協会賞受賞作全集 32 (双葉文庫 や 2-9)
A critical collection in which Masao Yamamura, who observed detective fiction before and after the war, recalls the personalities and works of writers he knew. It is a warm account of mystery history seen through personal memory.
Work Information
わが懐旧的探偵作家論 reflects its age and human lives through the perspective of 山村正夫.
Covering figures such as Seiichi Asayama, Tetsuya Ayukawa, Edogawa Rampo, and Seishi Yokomizo, the book conveys relationships and the atmosphere of an era that cannot be seen from the works alone. It reads both as criticism and as literary essay.
Review Summaries
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Readers tend to value the way the subject is approached and the calmness of the prose. The work is received less as a fast-moving narrative than as one to read carefully for its historical setting and inner lives.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 双葉社
- Published
- 1996-05-01
- Pages
- 349 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784575658262
- ISBN-10
- 457565826X
- Price
- 500 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
わが懐旧的探偵作家論