 THE HONJIN MURDERS, 英訳版『本陣殺人事件』 Puskin Vertigo, 2019/5/12, Louise Heal Kawai訳 |
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英訳版『本陣殺人事件』が、THE HONJIN MURDERSとして刊行された。出版社のサイトでは、次の通り紹介されている。 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. |
| ちなみに原作の章節タイトルは、英訳版では次の通りです。 |
| 原 作 | 英 訳 |
| 三本指の男 | 1 The Three-Fingered Man |
| 本陣の末裔 | 2 The Descendants of the Honjin |
| 琴鳴りぬ | 3 The Sound of a Koto |
| 大惨劇 | 4 A Great Tragedy |
| 琴爪の新用途 | 5 A New Use for a Koto Pick |
| 鎌と琴柱 | 6 A Sickle and a Koto Bridge |
| 捜査会議 | 7 A Strategy Meeting |
| 金田一耕助 | 8 Kosuke Kindaichi |
| 猫の墓 | 9 The Cat's Grave |
| 探偵小説問答 | 10 A Conversation about Detective Novels |
| 二通の手紙 | 11 Two Letters |
| 墓をあばいて | 12 The Grave Is Opened |
| 磯川警部驚倒す | 13 Inspector Isokawa is Shaken |
| 耕助の実験 | 14 Kosuke's Experiment |
| 本陣の惨劇 | 15 The Tragedy of the Honjin |
| 予行演習 | 16 The Rehearsal |
| 止むを得ざる密室 | 17 The Accidental Locked Room |
| 曼殊沙華 | 18 Red Spider Lilies |
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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： ・The Little Sparrow Murders published by Pushkin Vertigo, 2024/5 ・The Devil's Flute Murders published by Pushkin Vertigo, 2023/6 ・Death on Gokumon Island published by Pushkin Vertigo, 2022/6 ・The Village of Eight Graves published by Pushkin Vertigo, 2021/11 ・The Inugami Curse published by Pushkin, 2020/2 ・ 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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