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■ The Honjin Murders & The Inugami Curse are published by Pushkin Vertigo
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THE HONJIN MURDERS and THE INUGAMI CURSE are published by Pushkin Vertigo. THE INUGAMI CURSE has originally published in English as "The INUGAMI CLAN" translated by Yumiko Yamazaki. But THE HONJIN MURDERS has never been translated into English, until now. This is translated by Louise Heal Kawai.米誌"NewsWeek"(Oct/17/1977)の、JAPAN'S 'UNKNOWN WRITERS'という記事で、 横溝正史が"Master of Suspense"=「サスペンスの巨匠」として紹介されてから、40数年が経つ。ようやく英語圏で横溝正史作品が認知･紹介され始めたようにで、嬉しく感じる。 
Pushkin Press社より刊行された、THE INUGAMI CURSE(『犬神家の一族』英訳版)は、2003/4刊行(2007/1再版)の"The INUGAMI CLAN"の改題版になります。当方訳者を確認せずに購入したため、入手後THE INUGAMI CURSE="The INUGAMI CLAN"に気づきました(比較読みをしていないので、細部まで同一か未確認ですが…)。Pushkin Press社のサイトでは、THE INUGAMI CURSEを次のように紹介している。 A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan's greatest crime writers. In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami Clan dies, and his family eagerly await the reading of the will. But no sooner are its strange details revealed than a series of bizarre, gruesome murders begins. Detective Kindaichi must unravel the clan’s terrible secrets of forbidden liaisons, monstrous cruelty, and hidden identities to find the murderer, and lift the curse wreaking its bloody revenge on the Inugamis. The Inugami Curse is a fiendish, intricately plotted classic mystery from a giant of Japanese crime writing, starring the legendary detective Kosuke Kindaichi. 
また、THE HONJIN MURDERSは次のように紹介されている。In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the approaching festivities, there is also a worrying rumour - it seems a sinister masked man has been asking questions about the Ichiyanagis around the village. Then, on the night of the wedding, the Ichiyanagi family are woken by a terrible scream, followed by the sound of eerie music - death has come to Okamura, leaving no trace but a bloody samurai sword, thrust into the pristine snow outside the house. The murder seems impossible, but amateur detective Kosuke Kindaichi is determined to get to the bottom of it.
THE HONJIN MURDERSの巻頭にて"横溝正史"を、次のように紹介しています。 SEISHI YOKOMIZO (1902-81) was one of Japan's most famous and best-loved mystery writers. He was born in Kobe and spent his childhood reading detective stories, before beginning to write stories of his own, the first of which was published in 1921. He went on to become an extremely prolific and popular author, best known for his Kosuke Kindaichi series, which ran to 77 books, many of which were adapted for stage and television in Japan. The Honjin Murders is the first Kosuke Kindaichi story, and regarded as one of Japan's great mystery novels. It won the first Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1948 but has never been translated into English, until now. The Garden.com社の記事"How locked-room mystery king Seishi Yokomizo broke into English at last"で、 Pushkin is now planning further Yokomizo titles, to the delight of his grandson On Nomoto, who is in London to give a talk at the Japan Society about his grandfather, who died in 1981. と記されており、英訳版横溝正史作品の次回作が、今から楽しみである。 関連ページ： ・ 横溝正史アーカイブス (112) "The INUGAMI CLAN"(2003/4刊) ・ 横溝正史アーカイブス (176) "The INUGAMI CLAN"(2007/1再販) ・ 考古学事始め (34) Master of Suspense サスペンスの巨匠 ・ 考古学事始め (35) 横溝作品、翻訳の試み | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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