Reviews
I bought it without realizing it was a revised edition of The Tapes of the Weird, but while reading I felt deja vu and looked it up, only to find that I had read the novel before. The title and cover had changed completely, so I hadn't recognized it. It had been so long since I read it that I could read it much as if it were new. I think the revised edition has a better title and cover. Because the questions remain unresolved and it closes in a mysterious way, it creates more fear, and I liked
It is a book written mainly in the mystery/horror vein. I was disappointed that it was not in the same style as the earlier Ominous Things Like a Severed Head, but unlike that, it was really fun, and I lost track of time reading it.
I don't usually read horror novels. Rather than liking them, horror novels are something I always avoid. But the work of Shinzo Mitsuda, an author I happened to discover, lets me feel fear in everyday life, different from the horror people commonly know, and leaves the back of my head cold after reading. I wonder if Mitsuda's appeal lies in sentences that make you imagine things, rather than frightening monsters or forms. The author also draws out stories as if he experienced them himself, and
'Beware of That Thing Behind You.' You know stories you read even though you don't want to? For me, Shinzo Mitsuda's works are exactly like that! A work you don't want to read but also want to read, and that makes you think, 'I shouldn't have started,' as soon as you do. You need to read it alone to get the full effect, yet when you're actually alone, you read trembling with fear. I can only call it an irresistible work. It's been several years since I stepped into Shinzo Mitsuda's irresistible
I decided to accept a commission to write a weird short story. / p.22 This book is a collection of ghost stories by the Japanese author Shinzo Mitsuda. I generally do not like the horror genre very much, so I am one of the readers who does not know this author as well as other readers do. However, an acquaintance who often reads horror collections recommended Shinzo Mitsuda's work to me. At first I had many worries, but as I read his previous work, I found it suited my taste, so this time I
As someone who likes horror, I became a fan of Mitsuda after reading Byakushakudo & Shikancho and The Unknown Author. The lingering fear that seems not to end even after the story ends is unique to Mitsuda's world, and whenever I encounter a new book, my heart reacts first and starts pounding. Haha. In any case, this Dead People's Transcripts is not so much a new work as a revised edition of The Tapes of the Weird. Since it came out under a completely different title, many people who were
As someone who loves mystery novels, finding an author I like is an unmistakable pleasure, because I can look up that author's earlier books and enjoy them for longer. The author I recently started exploring is Shinzo Mitsuda, and as I read his older works too, their distinctive, folk-like feeling is like reading an old tale. I generally prefer mysteries, so when I first read a novel by Mitsuda, who is closer to a horror writer, I thought it was a little childish. But as I kept reading, I
When I was an editor, before becoming a writer, I planned a series. I had long wanted to draw out the 'uncanny things' hidden in fields such as literature, folklore, and architecture. I considered places associated with suicide, but the idea did not progress well. Then an acquaintance introduced me to Yoshihiko Kiryu, a former editor. He said that sometimes people record messages on cassette tapes for their family, friends, or the world shortly before dying by suicide, and wondered whether they
I have enjoyed Shinzo Mitsuda's horror novels, so of course I chose this book with high expectations. In fact, until I had read more than half, I thought it was a new release. But in one of the six short stories, 'Kiume, the Woman in the Yellow Raincoat,' I had a strange feeling: 'Huh?! Haven't I seen this somewhere...?!' I thought it was odd and searched. Good heavens, this Dead People's Transcripts was a revised edition of The Tapes of the Weird, published in 2017. Since I read it seven years
A collection of ghost stories where you can enjoy six spine-chilling tales! ✏️ Shinzo Mitsuda's Dead People's Transcripts is a collection of ghost-story fiction about people driven to the edge of life who choose suicide. ✏️ This is a very shocking work about people at the edge of life choosing suicide and recording on tape the process of their deaths themselves. ✏️ Anyone who has read Shinzo Mitsuda's work will surely recognize a characteristic when reading this one: the remarkable way it moves
Shinzo Mitsuda: Transcript of the Dead
The Dead Person's Transcript is a collection of ghost stories by Shinzo Mitsuda, Japan's leading horror-mystery writer. Mitsuda is a master, unrivaled in combining the seemingly incompatible genres of horror and mystery, and supported by readers of both. The Dead Person's Transcript deals with the shocking premise of listening to the process of death recorded on tapes by people driven to the edge of life who chose suicide. Like Mitsuda's earlier works, it crosses between fact and fiction, slowly pulling readers into and submerging them in a sticky swamp of horror. The ‘I’ in the story, Shinzo Mitsuda, writes horror-mystery novels. While looking for material, he meets a nonfiction writer through an acquaintance. The writer says he has an intriguing project and explains his work: listening to tapes recording the process from when people decide to die by suicide until their deaths, then transcribing them. ‘I’ accepts his suggestion to write a work using this as its subject. Meanwhile, an editor at the publishing house learns about the project and is intrigued, so she too listens to tapes left by the dead; she then experiences one strange event after another... Mitsuda's novels, with their distinctive style of metafiction that crosses between fact and fiction, are called the ‘Mitsuda World’ and described as ‘an irreplaceable genre.’ Among Mitsuda's works, which maintain an exquisite balance between horror and mystery while shifting the emphasis toward one or the other depending on the character and theme of each work, The Dead Person's Transcript places somewhat more weight on horror than on mystery.
Korean title: 죽은 자의 녹취록
Korean author: 미쓰다 신조
Korean publisher: 북로드
ISBN-13: 9791158792145
Reviews
I bought it without realizing it was a revised edition of The Tapes of the Weird, but while reading I felt deja vu and looked it up, only to find that I had read the novel before. The title and cover had changed completely, so I hadn't recognized it. It had been so long since I read it that I could read it much as if it were new. I think the revised edition has a better title and cover. Because the questions remain unresolved and it closes in a mysterious way, it creates more fear, and I liked
It is a book written mainly in the mystery/horror vein. I was disappointed that it was not in the same style as the earlier Ominous Things Like a Severed Head, but unlike that, it was really fun, and I lost track of time reading it.
I don't usually read horror novels. Rather than liking them, horror novels are something I always avoid. But the work of Shinzo Mitsuda, an author I happened to discover, lets me feel fear in everyday life, different from the horror people commonly know, and leaves the back of my head cold after reading. I wonder if Mitsuda's appeal lies in sentences that make you imagine things, rather than frightening monsters or forms. The author also draws out stories as if he experienced them himself, and
'Beware of That Thing Behind You.' You know stories you read even though you don't want to? For me, Shinzo Mitsuda's works are exactly like that! A work you don't want to read but also want to read, and that makes you think, 'I shouldn't have started,' as soon as you do. You need to read it alone to get the full effect, yet when you're actually alone, you read trembling with fear. I can only call it an irresistible work. It's been several years since I stepped into Shinzo Mitsuda's irresistible
I decided to accept a commission to write a weird short story. / p.22 This book is a collection of ghost stories by the Japanese author Shinzo Mitsuda. I generally do not like the horror genre very much, so I am one of the readers who does not know this author as well as other readers do. However, an acquaintance who often reads horror collections recommended Shinzo Mitsuda's work to me. At first I had many worries, but as I read his previous work, I found it suited my taste, so this time I
As someone who likes horror, I became a fan of Mitsuda after reading Byakushakudo & Shikancho and The Unknown Author. The lingering fear that seems not to end even after the story ends is unique to Mitsuda's world, and whenever I encounter a new book, my heart reacts first and starts pounding. Haha. In any case, this Dead People's Transcripts is not so much a new work as a revised edition of The Tapes of the Weird. Since it came out under a completely different title, many people who were
As someone who loves mystery novels, finding an author I like is an unmistakable pleasure, because I can look up that author's earlier books and enjoy them for longer. The author I recently started exploring is Shinzo Mitsuda, and as I read his older works too, their distinctive, folk-like feeling is like reading an old tale. I generally prefer mysteries, so when I first read a novel by Mitsuda, who is closer to a horror writer, I thought it was a little childish. But as I kept reading, I
When I was an editor, before becoming a writer, I planned a series. I had long wanted to draw out the 'uncanny things' hidden in fields such as literature, folklore, and architecture. I considered places associated with suicide, but the idea did not progress well. Then an acquaintance introduced me to Yoshihiko Kiryu, a former editor. He said that sometimes people record messages on cassette tapes for their family, friends, or the world shortly before dying by suicide, and wondered whether they
I have enjoyed Shinzo Mitsuda's horror novels, so of course I chose this book with high expectations. In fact, until I had read more than half, I thought it was a new release. But in one of the six short stories, 'Kiume, the Woman in the Yellow Raincoat,' I had a strange feeling: 'Huh?! Haven't I seen this somewhere...?!' I thought it was odd and searched. Good heavens, this Dead People's Transcripts was a revised edition of The Tapes of the Weird, published in 2017. Since I read it seven years
A collection of ghost stories where you can enjoy six spine-chilling tales! ✏️ Shinzo Mitsuda's Dead People's Transcripts is a collection of ghost-story fiction about people driven to the edge of life who choose suicide. ✏️ This is a very shocking work about people at the edge of life choosing suicide and recording on tape the process of their deaths themselves. ✏️ Anyone who has read Shinzo Mitsuda's work will surely recognize a characteristic when reading this one: the remarkable way it moves
