Byakuyakou: [びゃくやこう]?[byakuyakou]?

Noun

(Novel by Keigo Higashino. Shueisha's "Novel Novel" January 1997 issue It was serialized in the January 1999 issue, and published in August 1999. It is a Japanese novel written by Keigo Higashino. The story was serialized in Shueisha's "Novel Novel" in Japan from January 1997 to January 1999. The book was released in Japan in August 1999.

The novel perfectly combines the hopeless but persistent desolate love with the persistent and meticulous calm reasoning. In 2006, the novel was adapted into a TV series of the same name, which won four awards at the 48th Japanese Drama Academy Awards.

He also left many classic sayings:

I have never had the sun, so I have never lost it. —— Keigo Higashino

There is no difference between picking up other people's things and not returning them, and stealing things that others have left carelessly. Isn't it the person who is at fault who just left the bag with money carelessly? In this society, those who let others take advantage of them are destined to suffer. ——Keigo Higashino

Extended information

The writing background of White Night Travel:

The novel is set in the Japanese bubble economy period, and the word "bubble economy" appears many times in the article "The word. During this period, nearly one-third of Japan's population was unemployed, families were burdened with huge debts, the economy fell from its peak to the bottom, and the Japanese people who spent a lot of money began to realize the importance of money.

In order to survive and for "security", money has become something that overrides family, friendship, love and other most precious emotions between people. Human nature is lost in the pursuit of money, and individualism , social guilt-free, etc. are very popular.

The source of the love tragedy between Yukiho and Ryoji is the distortion of human nature caused by the indifference of the family and the coldness of society. It is the misfortune of Yukiho and Ryoji in their childhood that caused the seeds of "hate" to grow in their hearts and bear the fruit of " The flower of "evil" continues to spread uncontrollably. Therefore, from a certain perspective, "White Night Journey" can be completely classified as a social novel.