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【Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Literature(55)】
By Ranpo Edogawa
Narrated by Nana Nagao
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A short story by Ranpo Edogawa
“Not long after I became on familiar terms with Mr. Kurihara, the elderly security guard at the factory where I worked (though he was not yet fifty, he somehow gave the impression of an old man), he shared with me one of his peculiar experiences. Perhaps it was one of Mr. Kurihara’s favorite stories, the sort he would bring up as soon as he became comfortable enough with someone to speak freely, and which could safely be recounted to anyone in such a situation. One evening, while we sat around the stove in the guardhouse, he finally told me this strange tale.”
This audiobook is a new recording of the “Reading Timeless Story Series” that was performed at the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature on July 12, 2025.
Author : Ranpo Edogawa
Narrator : Nana Nagao
Produced by：Koé no Shoten
Special Thanks：Shigoto, Inc.／ROUDOKU.TALKER.JP
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Release Date：2025/
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
1894 – 1965
Born in Mie Prefecture, his real name was Tarō Hirai. After graduating from Waseda University’s School of Political Science and Economics, he held various jobs, including working for a trading company, as a secondhand bookseller, a newspaper reporter, and even running a Chinese noodle shop.
In 1923, he published Ni-sen dōka（”The Two-Sen Copper Coin”） in the magazine Shin Seinen. From then on, he wrote numerous detective novels, adaptations, and literary critiques, including D-zaka no satsujin jiken（”The Case of the Murder on D. Hill”）,Injū （Beast in the Shadows）, Oshie to Tabi-suru Otoko（”The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture” ）, Kaijin ni-jū mensō （”The Fiend with Twenty Faces”）, and Genei-jo (“Castle of illusion”).
In 1947, he became the first president of the Detective Writers’ Club (later the Mystery Writers of Japan) and dedicated himself to nurturing new writers. His pen name was a tribute to the writer Edgar Allan Poe.