Silent
by Z
About This Novel
"Speechless" is a novel with a strange conception. The story begins with the disappearance of many elderly people in a village near Osaka, Japan. The police found nothing, but the media reported a lot. Someone submitted a confession to the police, describing the crime in detail, and signed it by Oda Sotatsu, an unknown young man. From the time of his trial to the time he was sent to the gallows, he remained silent. The novel is based on interviews with Oda Sotatsu's father, mother, sister, brother, as well as prison guards, Sato Okakura and Yoshitoshi Taku, who were responsible for this case, and builds the entire story structure. The author connects the materials together and uncovers the mysteries layer by layer, showing the inner state, living situation and various helplessness of modern people, and revealing the failure of the social mechanism.
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