Chapter 2 Translation sequence

As a translator, the happiest thing is to be able to translate the works of my favorite authors!Therefore, as a loyal reader of Hideo Yokoyama, when I learned that I had the opportunity to translate his masterpiece, I was so excited that I almost flew into the sky.What's more, "64" is the latest full-length masterpiece seven years after "Shock 0", and there is nothing more glorious than this. Mr. Hengshan's works have always had the reputation of "one stroke into the soul", because he can always point to the most subtle darkness and ugliness of human nature, and nakedly write about the unknown and true truth hidden under the well-dressed mask. The side that cannot be brought out to meet people.

The case has never been the focus in Mr. Hengshan's works, but it is only a catalyst used to promote the psychological wrestling of people from various factions in the book.The title of this book is "64", which refers to a kidnapping and murder case of a girl that occurred in Showa 64 (1989 AD).Although the case is in the past tense in the book, it profoundly affects the fate of every character in the book like a lingering ghost, triggering various butterfly effects. The reason why Mr. Yokoyama can occupy an irreplaceable place in the literary world of Japanese mystery novels, where rising stars are springing up like mushrooms after a spring rain, is mainly because of his cold observation and accurate description of human nature, so far no one can match him.He will not describe marginalized personalities in order to increase the drama. The little characters in his works are always so flesh and blood and real, just like the self in your character, just like the selfishness in my character, just like the passers-by A, B, C, Ding Indifference and alienation, alone.Therefore, there are often no villains in his works, and some are just mediocre struggling in their jobs to get ahead. In order to protect their beloved family members or their hard-won status, Unavoidable selfishness, greed, cunning, calculation in human nature...

And these selfishness, greed, cunning, and calculations are the weaknesses hidden in the deepest part of our hearts, and they will reveal their cruel fangs in different time and space backgrounds due to different incentives.But when the protagonist is a policeman, the originally innocuous fangs become powerful and hideous because of the blessing of public power.No one is doing bad things on purpose, because the bad nature of human beings is deeply rooted in everyone's heart.It is also because no one deliberately makes bad things, but human nature is inherently bad, so there is no sense of guilt, selfishness is taken for granted, and readers with omniscient views often grit their teeth.

Just as there are no absolutely heinous villains in the book, there are also no characters full of the protagonist's power.The protagonist of this book, Mikami Yoshinobu, is just an ordinary person as small as you and me. Although he has his beliefs, he has to bow to the harsh reality and make compromises.He has a ruler in his heart, but the scale on the ruler is constantly changing, just like moral conscience is always tug-of-war with real interests. When I first got this book, I was also taken aback by its huge length, but after reading it carefully, it is obvious that Mr. Hengshan put all his heart and soul into presenting it, and he actually finished reading the original text of more than 600 pages in a few days.

The stunning performance of "A Season of Shadows" has established Mr. Hengshan's status as a short story writer, but his novels are equally exciting.In particular, the book adds descriptions of the love between husband and wife, parent-child love, and friendship among colleagues, giving the work more depth and tension. However, just as there are no heroes in Mr. Hengshan's books, you don't have to expect to see a hearty and enjoyable ending in his works.Although in the end, I finally saw a gleam of light in the valley of human nature, but after all, it still made people sigh deeply and couldn't let go of it for a long time.

Light is always accompanied by the deepest darkness—this is the inspiration of Yokoyama's works, and I would like to share it with you.