If you list the most popular lists of Japanese writers in the mainland, if there is no name of Keigo Higashino, I believe many readers must not agree. Keigo Higashino's novels are delicately written, sophisticated, plot ups and downs, and unique narrative techniques, especially speculative fiction is loved by readers. "White Night" is the peak of Keigo Higashino, the plot of the novel is not only confusing, the author is also a deep excavation of society and human nature, reflecting social problems and social contradictions, and making human nature infinitely magnified. Today, we will enjoy the ten beautiful sentences in "White Night" together, and understand the beauty and ugliness of human nature in the context of Japanese society at that time.
As we all know, Higashino Keigo is famous for writing speculative novels, his works belong to the social school founded by Matsumoto Kiyoharu, "White Night" is the pinnacle of Higashino Keigo's speculative fiction, and it is also one of the most important works of the speculative fiction social school. However, reading "White Night" should not freeze the novel at the level of speculative fiction, the novel reflects the social problems and social contradictions at that time through the unpredictable reasoning process and the description of social reality, and the deeper this time is that the author digs deep into human nature, reflects the change in people's thinking in the context of the times, and has profound practical significance, rather than a simple speculative novel.
The story of "White Night" is set in Japan in the 1980s, when the rapid development of the Japanese economy led to the oil crisis and the rise of an economic bubble. The novel does not write a fixed time, with Japan's famous events to mark, the plot of the novel highlights the social contradictions at that time, let people clearly understand the changes in Japanese society, the setting of the plot of the novel allows the reader to understand the extinction of human nature, the loss of morality and the degeneration of the individual. Therefore, the literary value of "White Night" lies in the fact that it is a distinct history of social and historical changes, even if the reader does not understand the social background of Japan in that era, he can also peek into the social reality of that period and the changes in Japanese thought, making people have to reflect on that era.
Many readers read "White Night" more inclined to love, the process of solving the case, yes, the novel is full of love between two children, reasoning the process of solving the case and the times are intertwined. As a social novel, the text of "White Night" is easy to understand, and has a sense of substitution, and because love can impress readers more. Keigo Higashino uses delicate writing and ups and downs of the plot to put the storyline above the two children, and the unreasonable things that happen to them are full of human entanglements and soul bonds, which is the author's thinking about human nature and the social reasons for the protagonist's final result.
In addition to the ups and downs of the plot, Keigo Higashino also reflects the uniqueness of the narrative method, the story spans nearly 20 years, the author uses a parallel way to describe the living conditions of the two protagonists, and uses a variety of narrative techniques to make the story complete and orderly. In addition, he uses a third perspective to express, which can tell the story more objectively and fairly, and the reader is originally a third perspective, and uses the third perspective to observe the development of the plot, which is more substitutionary. The protagonist of the novel is tragic, and the tragedy of life makes the reader feel pitiful and sad, which can cause pity and make the novel readable.
From the perspective of character image, the protagonist has a complex personality, reflecting the psychological quality and maturity that do not fit the age. In the family life environment and social environment, the indifference and calmness shown by the heroine are not in line with human nature, which can also explain the reflection and criticism of the times by the author Keigo Higashino. The hero uses hacking means to seek profits, depicting the confused and impetuous social situation in Japan at that time. It can be said that the humanity of the two protagonists is distorted and deformed, their indifference and contempt for family affection, and even destruction, and their blasphemy and mutual use of love, all of which show the loss of morality and faith. What happens to them makes the reader deeply reflect on the life of good and evil, which is also what the author Keigo Higashino wants to show.
All in all, White Nights is an excellent work, and in the eyes of readers, this work represents the pinnacle of Keigo Higashino. The work does not reflect a simple process of love and reasoning, but has a sense of the times and is of profound significance. The deeper connotation it shows is that in the context of the times, people's hearts are good and evil, and the novel infinitely magnifies human nature and has profound educational significance.
Today, we will enjoy the ten aphorisms in Keigo Higashino's masterpiece "White Night", enter the author's spiritual world together, and read the good and evil of human nature behind the words, I believe you will feel something.