![]() El principio se hace algo aburrido con este funcionario gris que acaba de perder a su joven esposa por un ataque al corazón y poco a poco empieza a preguntarse qué hacia ella en el lugar en el que murió y por qué había ido allí. Lástima que estire un poquito demasiado hasta llegar a la parte interesante. I recommend watching paint dry instead – it’s more mentally stimulating! Uh huh – and? If the point was entertainment then it failed completely.Ī Quiet Place is a dreary wannabe mystery thriller that’ll only put you to sleep. There isn’t really a message here – something about class differences keeps being brought up how the privileged get put on the fast track through the civil service while the poor, like Asai, have to struggle to get anywhere. I’m not really sure what the point of the book was. Following that is the forced introduction of two characters in an attempt to create an unconvincing dramatic finale but only underscores the feeble narrative. Out of nowhere, Asai does something rash and out of character that tries to give the book an unearned crescendo that instead ends up baffling. The final act is rushed and horribly contrived. ![]() All of the characters are boring people, especially the protagonist unfortunately, and Matsumoto’s prose is flat and doesn’t muster up any tension. The “mystery” is unremarkable as you probably guessed she was having an affair with another man and unravels at a tediously slow pace with nothing interesting happening along the way. The premise of Seicho Matsumoto’s novel A Quiet Place has a lot of potential but none of it is realised. But when he returns home he discovers her body was found in a shady part of town – what was she doing so far away from their house? As he begins to investigate, he finds out his wife has been leading a secret double life… He collaborated with film director Yoshitarō Nomura on adaptations of eight of his novels to film, including Castle of Sand.Īsai is on a business trip to Kobe when he discovers his wife has died of a heart attack in Tokyo. His most acclaimed detective novels, including Ten to sen (1958 Points and Lines, 1970) Suna no utsuwa (1961 Inspector Imanishi Investigates, 1989) and Kiri no hata (1961 Pro Bono, 2012), have been translated into a number of languages, including English. He chaired the president of Mystery Writers of Japan from 1963 to 1971.Ĭredited with popularizing the genre among readers in his country, Matsumoto became his nation's best-selling and highest earning author in the 1960s. He was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1952 and the Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1970, as well as the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1957. He wrote historical novels and nonfiction in addition to mystery/detective fiction. Matsumoto's mystery and detective fiction solidified his reputation as a writer at home and abroad. He was a prolific author, he wrote until his death in 1992, producing in four decades more than 450 works. The self-educated Matsumoto did not see his first book in print until he was in his forties. The subject of investigation was not just the crime but also the society in which the crime was committed. His exposé of corruption among police officials as well as criminals was a new addition to the field. In particular, his works often reflect a wider social context and postwar nihilism that expanded the scope and further darkened the atmosphere of the genre. Dispensing with formulaic plot devices such as puzzles, Matsumoto incorporated elements of human psychology and ordinary life into his crime fiction. Matsumoto's works created a new tradition of Japanese crime fiction. Seicho Matsumoto ( 松本清張, Matsumoto Seichō), Decem– August 4, 1992) was a Japanese writer.
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