A review by staticdisplay
A Quiet Place by Seicho Matsumoto

4.0

I read this in one day, because I had to sit and wait a lot today. this was a great way to occupy my time. the writing is very functional and matter-of-fact; I'm not sure how much of that is the translation. Asai was hardly a character, an ambitious business man with no personal life who only realizes how little he knew his wife after she dies. while this is a mystery, it's also a social commentary. the delicate social interactions, the behind-the-scenes deal-making, the sense that everyone is trying to follow a script..... I really liked how the perspective changed at the very end. I was not at all prepared for where the story went.