--- reading "Strange Laughter Novel" has a feeling
Text/Ye Xiaohe
"Strange Laughter Novel" is one of the author Keigo Higashino's short story collection "The World of Laughter", which collects 9 short stories such as "Yuji Tram" and "Ichigo Daddy", the author from the seemingly plain daily life, with calm brushstrokes and endless imagination, directly hit the shadows in the depths of people's hearts, portray the three points of the wood, giving readers a strong spiritual impact.
First, the introduction to this book
"Yuji Tram": Crowded trams, passengers getting on and off the train, there is an endless stream, there are elderly women, students, young boys, pregnant women, and office workers after work, the narrow carriage, full of all kinds of smells, different sounds.
For a seat, everyone fights wits and courage, and those who do not want to sit, pretend to sleep, or read books and newspapers, ignoring the elderly and children around them.
Without a seat, after getting on the train, after the reconnaissance of the fire-eyed golden eye, aiming at the target, tirelessly squeezing through a personal wall, reaching the destination, changing various standing postures, creating various sounds, just to attract the attention of the passengers in the seat, unfortunately, the effect is minimal.
Everyone speaks duplicitous words, says kind words, and thinks in their hearts that are completely different, and the selfishness of human nature is vividly portrayed by the author.
Finally, with the inadvertent release of truth-telling gas, it is not difficult to imagine how tragic the bloody truth-telling fight would be in a cramped carriage.
"Chasing the Star Grandma": An old woman who is nearly seventy years old, lives alone and lives a simple life.
After watching the performance by chance, he became fascinated with the singer Young Master Sugi and became a loyal fan of him.
In order to chase the stars, the old woman who usually saves money spent her life savings, because of the long-term lack of nutrition, the old woman finally fainted due to physical weakness, and the landlord found out and called an ambulance for her.
However, in order not to miss the opportunity to give young master Shan the opportunity to face the flowers, the old woman secretly escaped from the house, and finally, fell in front of young master Shan's car, she was as thin as wood, her face was full of blood, scared Young Master Shan to pee his pants, eager to flee quickly.
Such an idol, are you worth chasing?
"A Thorough Father": It is the story of a father who trains his son to train the devil in order to fulfill his baseball dream.
Unfortunately, the cruel training not only did not train his son to become a professional baseball player, but also made his son a person without opinion.
This story can elicit reflection on parents, respect their children's choices, and don't impose their own dreams on their children.
In fact, in reality, there are many such cases that stifle children's dreams.
"Reverse Classmate Association": It is a classmate association initiated by a group of teachers, invited several graduates of that year to participate, and after a few words of greeting, there is no topic.
The students who were once mischievous and mischievous are now successful in their careers, and the conversation between the classmates is hot, inadvertently, snubbing the teachers, because some of the things the students talk about, some of the teachers can't understand, can't interject.
In the past, teachers could only listen to the students' discussions silently, not only could not understand the content, but also the words that came out were completely unclear, and the teachers became listless.
The teacher was a little remorseful, realizing that he had made a serious mistake, and it was a great mistake to invite the students to the party, as the book says:
There is a fundamental difference between inviting teachers when students hold classmates' meetings and inviting past students at former teachers' gatherings.
The alumni association held by students is a gathering of peers living in the present because they remember the past, that is, to bring the "past" into the "present", and the invited teachers are representatives of the "past".
The meeting, on the contrary, brought the "present" into the "past."
The so-called generation gap is nothing more than that.
"Super Tanuki Theory": The author does not like things that are untenable in science, science is about evidence, and he firmly believes that all supernatural phenomena in the world are the pranks of "super tanuki cats".
There was a heated debate with researchers on television, and in the end, even tanuki cats were nothing more than flying squirrels, mercilessly satirizing pseudoscience.
"Uninhabited Island Big Sumo Broadcast": The cruise ship sank, the passengers drifted to the uninhabited island, waiting for rescue, and on boring days, "Radio Man" became the only entertainment program to report on the live situation of the big sumo.
Enriched the lives of the passengers, but also achieved the radio man's desire to express, but the greed of human nature, let the radio man stuck in the shell, everyone knocked hard, and there was no sound.
At this time, silence is better than sound, and the apparent silence is actually the heart of the radio man who is constantly struggling, and it also leaves the reader with suspense.
"Corpse Platform Community": It is about a corpse found in the community, everyone is afraid of affecting the reduction of house prices, and they do not call the police with a conscience, and throw the body to another community that has heard that house prices are going to rise.
The same psychology, another neighborhood thrown back, thrown back and forth, and finally, only a skeleton remained, the author humorously joked: The original football is formed in this way.
At present, because of the fall of housing prices, it shows the egoistic ideas in people's hearts, and there is a god twist at the end: the formation of football.
"Incense for a certain grandfather": The grandfather who lives alone accepts the experiment of rejuvenation, and has experienced a process from youth to twilight, recording the psychological changes of each age, different stages, and treating love differently.
At the same time, it also describes the lonely grandfather's fear of death, the fear that no one will incense in front of the grave, the fear of being forgotten, and reminding everyone to care more for the elderly.
"Animal Family": Zhao is a child who is ignored by family members, and his parents love his brother and sister but ignore his existence. In his eyes, the whole family corresponds to some kind of animal.
The father is a tanuki, the mother is a fox dog, the brother is a hyena, the sister is a cat, and the grandmother is a white fox, which is a very vivid metaphor.
Unpopular with his family, Zhao, who was also bullied by his classmate Giant Salamander at school, stole his lunch expenses, and the class teacher goat could not manage it at all, although the director of teaching helped Zhao to return the meal fee, but was beaten by the giant salamander.
Holding his anger, Zhao returns home, only to find that his only desk has been occupied by his family, and the specimen of the butterfly has also been crushed, which is a precious gift from Zhao's good friend in elementary school.
Zhao, at last, broke out, frantically like a monster, shouting that he was going to kill his family.
It can be seen how important it is for parents to care for their children, and it is also the responsibility of every parent to let children grow up healthy and happy.
Second, my feelings
Keigo Higashino is known for his speculative fiction, but this short story is just as wonderful. Reading this "Strange Laughter Novel", you can feel the changes in the human world, as if things are happening all around us.
The author uses the iceberg theory, which seems to tell the neighbor's affair, but actually hides some truths, especially the unexpected twist at the end, which brings different feelings to the reader.
When these common things are presented to us in the form of words in an ironic and interesting tone, after making people laugh, the aftertaste is endless, and the heart cannot help but cause different degrees of reflection, which is of great practical significance.
Third, about the author
Japanese writer Keigo Higashino, born in 1958 in Osaka, Japan, graduated from Osaka Prefectural University with a degree in electrical engineering, worked as a production technology engineer, and began to create speculative fiction.
In 1985, he won the 31st Edogawa Rambling Award for "After School" and began to write full-time, becoming a professional writer ever since.
He has written novels such as "Secret", "White Night", "Crush", "Letter", "Phantom Night" and won the Naoki Award many times.
In 2006, "The Dedication of Suspect X" won the 134th and 6th Benge Mystery Novel Awards, and at the same time, it won the first place in the annual list of three mystery novels.
Keigo Higashino's early works are mostly exquisite and meticulous benguet reasoning, the later strokes are more and more old and spicy, the text is freshly carved, the narrative is concise and fierce, the plot is ups and downs, the story structure is almost unbelievable, and he is good at writing very reasonable stories from extremely unreasonable places, and the depth of his skills is shocking to the world.