tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100001220947256423.post6571091669794217999..comments2024-02-01T09:41:09.487+01:00Comments on Death Can Read: Edogawa Ranpo: the Japanese Master. Injû, 1928Pietro De Palmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051060020493340331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100001220947256423.post-31680878578071433452012-08-09T21:10:06.020+02:002012-08-09T21:10:06.020+02:00I don't think he's the best at all. There&...I don't think he's the best at all. There's no doubt he created a foundation for Japanese crime writing and he certainly inspired other Japanese crime writers most of whom I think far surpass him. I wish there were more novels by Seishi Yokomizo translated in English. <i>The Inugami Clan</i> is truly one of the best Japanese detective novels I've ever read. Kosuke Kindaichi is a brilliant detective character. And so popular he inspired a brand new series of comic books with his grandson. Among the modern Japanese writers I think Shizuko Natsuki, Soji Shimada and Akimitsu Takagi are very good indeed.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100001220947256423.post-40304040547058568052012-08-09T12:42:51.848+02:002012-08-09T12:42:51.848+02:00Thank you, John.
Edogawa is really the best Japane...Thank you, John.<br />Edogawa is really the best Japanese crime novelist, the founder of Japanese detective fiction. He has a fantasy that borders in the excess, very close to Edgar Allan Poe: as Poe was obsessed by death and by the physical changes post mortem, so Ranpo is haunted by eros and its excesses. Perverse fantasies that are very specific to an ethical world closed on itself. It is said however, that this concept of eros isn't for men only, as we commonly think: the modernity of Ranpo is given by his characters, male but also female, who share these drives. And since eros is joined to the crime, not only there are male but also female assassins.Pietrohttp://deathcanread.blogspot.itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100001220947256423.post-40387615097699572352012-08-09T12:39:43.696+02:002012-08-09T12:39:43.696+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Pietrohttp://deathcanread.blogspot.itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100001220947256423.post-8884206970658081012012-08-08T23:09:24.263+02:002012-08-08T23:09:24.263+02:00I've only read Rampo's horror fiction. His...I've only read Rampo's horror fiction. His stories are so grotesque that they often approach self-parody. Many of his tales and novels have been adapted into films and I've liked them a lot. Bizarre, arty and tongue-in-cheek. THE BLACK LIZARD is a lot of fun. And HORRORS OF THE MALFORMED MEN is ...well, excellent is not exactly the right word, but it is nonetheless an original and arresting movie wathcing experience. It's definitely meant for a cetain type of movie fan. Perhaps a little extreme for a general viewer. I thought it to be the best of all the movies based on Rampo's work.<br /><br />I did not know any of his true detective novels were available in English. I'll have to track down a copy of BEAST IN THE SHADOWS. Thanks for this intriguing analysis.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com