Nacuo Kirino Book order (chronological)

Наиболее известное произведение Наоки-сана, "Лето злых духов" является первой книгой в серии "Убумэ". В ней автор, используя формат детективного романа, объясняет сверхъестественные явления и их мир через научные и рациональные мировоззрения, такие как нейробиология, квантовая механика, физика, а также различные религии и психология. Действие происходит в Токио 1950-х годов, где мужчина из древней семьи акушеров таинственным образом исчезает из запертой комнаты. Его беременная жена не может родить в течение 20 месяцев, и случайно втянутый в это дело третисортный писатель и владелец антикварного магазина приводят к неожиданному шокирующему развязке.

高級タワーマンションに暮らす岩見有紗は窒息寸前だ。ままならぬ子育て、しがらみに満ちたママ友たちとの付き合い、海外出張中の夫・俊平からの離婚申し出、そして誰にも明かせない彼女自身の過去。軋んでいく人間関係を通じて、徐々に明らかとなるそれぞれの秘密。華やかな幸せの裏側に潜む悪意と空虚を暴き出す。人気女性誌「VERY」連載時から話題沸騰の衝撃作!

嫉妬、妄想、昂奮。その愉楽に、医師は溺れた。暗い衝動をえぐる邪心小説!

昭和十七年、林芙美子は偽装病院船で南方へ向かった。陸軍の嘱託として文章で戦意高揚に努めよ、という命を受けて、ようやく辿り着いたボルネオ島で、新聞記者・斎藤謙太郎と再会する。年下の愛人との逢瀬に心を熱くする芙美子。だが、ここは楽園などではなかった―。戦争に翻弄される女流作家の生を狂おしく描く、桐野夏生の新たな代表作。島清恋愛文学賞、読売文学賞受賞。

On an island the shape of a tear drop live two sisters. One is the Oracle, the other is damned. One is admired far and wide. The other must sacrifice her life to fulfil her destiny. But what will happen when she returns to the island for revenge?

Una lettera di un rapitore di ragazze, avvenuto venticinque anni fa, spinge la protagonista, ormai una scrittrice affermata, a lasciare la sua casa. La protagonista lascia un manoscritto intitolato "Cronaca di una crudeltà", che racconta in dettaglio la sua esperienza di oltre un anno di prigionia. Dopo essere stata salvata, scopre inaspettatamente che qualcuno ha continuato a spiarla durante la sua vita in cattività, e le strane congetture delle persone intorno a lei la portano a decidere di seppellire la verità nel profondo del suo cuore. Durante la sua vita in prigionia, un uomo che la spia e uno zaino rosso con la scritta "Ota Michiko" aggiungono ulteriori ombre alla sua psiche. Sotto questa pressione psicologica, la protagonista trova il coraggio di vivere costruendo un castello di immaginazione e menzogne, che diventa anche fonte di ispirazione per le sue opere. In seguito, incontra inaspettatamente l'uomo che la spia… Ma il marito della protagonista sottolinea che ci sono molte invenzioni nel manoscritto. Qual è il vero legame tra la protagonista e il rapitore? Quali sono i conflitti con i suoi genitori? Chi è il corpo nascosto nel giardino? Quante verità ha realmente nascosto?

In Tokio zijn twee prostituees, die twintig jaar eerder samen op een elitaire school zaten, vermoord.

Nippon noir – provokant, abgründig, diabolisch Aiko Matsushima ist mit den Abgründen des Lebens von Kindesbeinen an vertraut. Sie wächst in einem heruntergekommenen Bordell in Tokio heran, von ihrer Mutter fehlt jede Spur. Außer einem Paar weißer Schuhe ist dem ungeliebten Kind nichts von ihr geblieben, und so muss Aiko früh lernen, sich in einer Welt voller Kälte und Rücksichtslosigkeit zu behaupten. Auch als sie älter wird, hat sie es nicht leicht. Sie schlägt sich als Prostituierte, Zimmermädchen oder Kellnerin so eben durch, stets umgeben von Schmutz, Armut und Elend – von Menschen, die Gescheiterte sind wie sie selbst. Und unmerklich wächst etwas in ihr heran, das eines Tages mit Macht an die Oberfläche drängt: Sie, die mit dem Rücken zur Wand steht, ist nun bereit, alle Tabus zu brechen. Getrieben von mörderischem Hass, bricht sie auf zu einem beispiellosen Rachefeldzug – und dabei kennt ihr Killerinstinkt keine Gnade … • Provokant und schonungslos – das faszinierende Psychogramm einer jungen Frau, die ihre Seele verloren hat und zur Serienmörderin wird

In a suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four teenage girls drift through a hot smoggy August and tedious summer school classes. There's dependable Toshi; brainy Terauchi; Yuzan, grief-stricken and confused; and Kirarin, whose late nights and reckless behaviour remain a secret from those around her. Then Toshi's next-door neighbour is found brutally murdered and the girls suspect Worm, the neighbour's son and a high school misfit. But when he disappears (taking Toshi's bike and cell phone with him) the four girls become irresistibly drawn into a treacherous vortex of brutality and seduction which rises from within themselves as well as the world around them.

自分は少女誘拐監禁事件の被害者だったという驚くべき手記を残して、作家が消えた。黒く汚れた男の爪、饐えた臭い、含んだ水の鉄錆の味。性と暴力の気配が満ちる密室で、少女が夜毎に育てた毒の夢と男の欲望とが交錯する。誰にも明かされない真実をめぐって少女に注がれた隠微な視線、幾重にも重なり合った虚構と現実の姿を、独創的なリアリズムを駆使して描出した傑作長編。柴田錬三郎賞受賞作。

Two prostitutes have been murdered in Tokyo. Yuriko had been working as a prostitute all her adult life, starting while still at school, where her stunning beauty compensated for what she lacked in intellect and commanded attention from older men. Kazue worked for a blue-chip company and had good career prospects, but was unpopular with colleagues and felt isolated. She chose to walk the streets at night where she hoped to get noticed. Twenty years previously both women were educated at an elite school for young ladies, and both exhibited exceptional promise prior to their brutal , unnecessary deaths. How and why did this tragedy occur? With narration from Yuriko's embittered, unattractive sister and through the girls' journals and diaries Kirino allows their shocking story to unfurl. As with Out, Grotesque gets under the skin, and Kirino's analysis of the female psyche grips the reader. The extreme need to succeed, and the vicious desire to be accepted in the bewildering environment of modern life is explored here with acute and chilling insight. Grotesque is a masterful and haunting achievement.

ここではないどこかへ...。東京の日常に疲れ果てた有子は、編集者の仕事も恋人も捨てて上海留学を選ぶ。だが、心の空洞は埋まらない。そんな彼女のもとに、大伯父の幽霊が現れ、有子は、70年前、彼が上海で書き残した日記をひもとく。玉蘭の香りが現在と過去を結び、有子の何かが壊れ、何かが生れてくる...。

Kasumi è nata e cresciuta nell'Hokkaido, ma fugge ben presto a Tokyo, dove sogna di realizzare una vita libera e diversa da quella monotona e squallida dei suoi genitori. Sposatasi con un tipografo mite e serio, Kasumi cerca una via di fuga nelle braccia di un cliente del marito con il quale inizierà una relazione segreta e appassionata, che indurrà l'uomo a comprare una casa nell'Hokkaido per ospitare la donna e la sua famiglia. Nel corso di questo soggiorno, la figlia maggiore di Kasumi scompare senza lasciare traccia. Convinta che la scomparsa della bambina sia il meritato castigo per aver tradito il marito, le figlie e, anni prima, i genitori, Kasumi intraprende un viaggio alla ricerca della figlia che la ricondurrà alle sue origini.

In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy debts and isolated from husbands and children, they all secretly dream of a way out of their dead-end lives. A young mother among them finally cracks and strangles her philandering, gambling husband then confesses her crime to Masako, the closest of her colleagues. For reasons of her own, Masako agrees to assist her friend and seeks the help of the other co-workers to dismember and dispose of the body. The body parts are discovered, the police start asking questions, but the women have far more dangerous enemies -a yakuza connected loan shark who discovers their secret and has a business proposition, and a ruthless nightclub owner the police are convinced is guilty of the murder. He has lost everything as a result of their crime and he is out for revenge. OUT is a psychologically taut and unflinching foray into the darkest recesses of the human soul, an unsettling reminder that the desperate desire for freedom can make the most ordinary person do the unimaginable.

第39回（1993年） 江戸川乱歩賞受賞 親友のノンフィクションライター宇佐川耀子が、1億円を持って消えた。大金を預けた成瀬時男は、暴力団上層部につながる暗い過去を持っている。あらぬ疑いを受けた私（村野ミロ）は、成瀬と協力して解明に乗り出す。二転三転する事件の真相は？女流ハードボイルド作家誕生の’93年度江戸川乱歩賞受賞作！