The representative work of the Japanese mystery novelist Kirino Natsuo "Cruelty"

Kirino Natsuo , a famous Japanese female writer, mystery novelist. Kirino Xiasheng is good at using sharp and hard language for reasoning writing activities, and through the description of reasoning stories, he reflects the real social status and various social problems in the real world. The most well-known work is the novel " OUT " published in 1997 and won the 51st " Japan Reasoning Writers Association Award " the following year; in addition, Kirino also won another novel " Tender Cheeks " in 2003. The Naoki Prize for Japanese Literature. Other representative works include Abnormal , Cruelty, Killing Heart, Killing Heart, Tokyo Island , etc. "Cruelty" is one of Kirino Natsuo's representative works of main mystery novels . The story revolves around the girl kidnapping case twenty years ago to carry out the criminal process, case reasoning and description of the girl's future life. The portrayal of characters reflects the real society, and deeply exposes and criticizes the social status quo, social problems and the good and evil of human nature.

1. The sharp style of the novel "Cruelty"

The formation of literary style is closely related to the writer's life and study experience, ideological tendency and personality psychology. Natsuo Kirino graduated from the Faculty of Law of Seikei University. In his writing activities, he often uses cold and sharp literary language to objectively narrate and describe the plot and characters in his works. He is known as the "Queen of Japanese Realistic Novels". In the novel "The Cruelty", the author Kirino Xiasheng flexibly uses his own literary language, succinctly and directly narrates the development of the story in the work, and at the same time vividly depicts the various characters that exist in the novel. The characters form the sharp and cold style of Kirino Natsuo. For example, in the novel "Cruelty", the author Kirino Natsusheng did not use gorgeous words to describe the disappearance of the heroine and the female writer Keiko Kitamura, and did not create a mysterious atmosphere. As an introduction to the whole novel, the disappearance of Keiko Kitamura led to the kidnapping of a girl that happened 25 years ago, and therefore came to give a detailed description of Keiko Kitamura's life experience. For another example, in the novel "Cruelty", the whole story is narrated by the female writer's manuscript in the first person "I", in which the language is vivid and sharp, without excessive rhetorical methods, and there is no extensive description of the environment. , the author uses "I" to describe the kidnapping case twenty years ago and the life of "I" after that. When "I" recalls the process of getting along with the kidnappers, the words are extremely sharp. For example, "I" was imprisoned. At that time, I hoped that Mr. Tanitabe could hear "I"'s cry for help, but the cruel truth is, "I worship like a god, and Mr. Tanitabe, whom I regard as my only hope and miss day and night, is actually deaf!" "I was found and rescued not because the police broke the case, but because "I" wasted electricity during the day, which attracted the attention of the president's wife. The author Kirino Natsusheng used cruel, cold and sharp language to describe the kidnapping case that happened 25 years ago, as well as the life experience of "I" (Keiko Kitamura) before and after the case.

2. Social Criticism in the Novel Cruelty

Cold and sharp are just Kirino's writing style. The real reason why his works are widely read by readers and critics is the true reflection and deep and sharp irony and criticism of the real society in Kirino's literary works. The title of the novel by the author Kirino Xiasheng with "The Cruelty" has a cruel beauty in itself. In addition, the title kills two birds with one stone. On the one hand, it points out that the criminals in the kidnapping case treated the girl Keiko Kitamura's various abuses and tortures and her future. The cruel shadow left by life; on the other hand, it echoes the central theme of the novel. What makes Keiko Kitamura unbearable is the heart that is incompatible with the society in his heart, and all this is not caused by himself alone. , but is formed by the interaction and influence of the actual social status quo and various existing problems. For example, in the novel Cruelty, Kitamura Keiko recalled that her childhood would be very unhappy because of her psychological shadows, the half-ass musician's mother was mocked for her dress and behavior, and she was teased for studying ballet with her noble children. , and ridicule, all made Kirino Xiasheng unable to communicate better with others when he was a child. The author believes that the reason why people have no way to communicate better is because of the selfishness, materialism and power of the people in the real society. This is also why, although Keiko Kitamura hates a mother who looks like a mother, she has become a mother after adulthood. Such a person is an inevitable result under the influence of the actual social status quo. Another example, in the novel "Cruelty", Kitamura Keiko of Girls' Generation can write an "exchange diary" with the criminal. Later, he kept talking with Miyasaka about various clues about the case, and then wrote his debut novel "Jade" based on his own experience and fictional imagination. Like Mud", this is just a manifestation of Kitamura Keiko's lack of love and desire to be loved and noticed. In contemporary society, the modern fast-paced life makes people more and more utilitarian, and more and more lacking in love and security. The author, Kirino Natsuo, made a powerful criticism and profound reveal of this through his novel "Crime".

Kirino Xiasheng flexibly used concise and sharp literary language in his novel "Cruelty", and successfully created characters such as Kitamura Keiko and Abekawa Kenji, and through the novel "Cruelty", he made a profound impression on the real society. criticism.

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