Who is the author of the Japanese suspense novel Confessions?

1. The author of the Japanese suspense novel Confessions is - Minato Kanae (Minato かなえ).

2. Introduction to the work:

"Confessions" is a book (single volume) published by Futabasha Co., Ltd. in 2008, and was converted into a library on April 8, 2010 and published in a library. Book. The author is Minato Kanae. The book won the first place in the 2009 "Shōkan Bunshun Mystery Novels Best 10 Domestic Department" and the 2009 Honya Grand Prize (also known as the Japan National Bookstore Award). The book mainly tells the story of a female middle school teacher who found her four-year-old daughter accidentally drowned in the campus swimming pool. Later, after her private investigation, she found out that two students in her class had murdered her, but the motive for the murder was really absurd. A story about a teacher who lost her beloved daughter and resigned instead of applying to the police for re-investigation. Instead, she confessed the truth to the class on the day of the graduation ceremony and revealed her revenge plan, sowing the seeds of fear in the hearts of the students.

3. Content introduction:

A middle school female teacher found her four-year-old daughter accidentally drowned in the campus swimming pool. Later, after her private investigation, she found out that it was two students in her class. It was murder, but the motive was ridiculous. The teacher who lost her beloved daughter resigned and did not apply to the police for re-investigation. Instead, she confessed the truth to all the students on the graduation day and revealed her revenge plan, planting the seeds of fear in the hearts of the students...

When there are differences between ethics and justice, which side should you choose? Shocking campus crime, teachers, parents, students, who is the culprit? The psychological evolution of the murderer and the avenger take turns knocking on the moral scale of our hearts.

The author uses the anti-reasoning technique of "Crime and Punishment" to psychologically analyze the new generation of education and campus crimes. Each chapter is confessed from the subjective perspectives of the victim's relatives, the suspect student, the suspect's family and female classmates. Step by step, it approaches the core of criminal motives, and also raises many important questions, such as how to effectively communicate between teachers and students, how to deal with legal and moral punishments for campus crimes, and how to deal with students who are suspected of having problems to prevent them. Crime, how to implement individualized personality education, whether the laws and regulations on juvenile delinquency should be reviewed, etc. The novel appropriately uses personal confession stories to point out the cause and effect of problems in today's education.

The ending of the book is extremely controversial and "tests everyone's ethics and sense of justice" (in the words of Yuka Hirano, editor of the Japanese version of the book). The "Yomiuri Shimbun" reported that many people just want to follow Discuss this ending with others and recommend this book to those around you.

4. Introduction to the author:

Kanae Minato is a famous Japanese mystery novelist. In 2005, he won the 2nd Japan Newcomer Screenplay Award. In 2007, he wrote the short mystery "The Priest" Won the 35th Original Radio Drama Award and the 29th Novel Mystery Newcomer Award. Afterwards, she expanded this debut mystery novel into a full-length mystery novel "Confession". "Confession" was made into a movie and put on the screen in 2010.