Fuminori nakamura biography of rory

Empathy in the Heart of Darkness

Looking to take a trip deep into Japan’s heart of darkness? To walk through damp alleyways, take a nighttime stroll by the river, cram into crowded subway cars, or drink in dimly lit, seedy bars?

Welcome to the world of Fuminori Nakamura, one of the most commanding and provocative voices in modern crime fiction. Nakamura rewards his readers by delivering them into a world that is intelligent and profound, as illuminating as it is bleak.

Fuminori nakamura biography of rory

Philosophic impulses abound in Nakamura's narratives. Overtones of Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as Fyodor Dostoevsky and Knut Hamsun, blend seamlessly with David Goodis, Jim Thompson, and Dashiell Hammett (particularly the existential Flitcraft parable from The Maltese Falcon).

He is indebted equally to nihilism and noir. 

These influences combine to form a prism through which Nakamura views humanity. He exposes life's most disturbing and troubling experienc