Dying Eye
Keigo HigashinoShanghai Translation Publishing House2010
Rating 3.1- Series
- Keigo Higashino Works
- ISBN
- 9787532750061
Tags
Featured Fiction Mystery and Suspense SupernaturalRevengeAmnesiaSuspense NovelSocial MysteryTokyoJapanese MysterySummary
Dying Eye is a full-length suspense novel by Keigo Higashino, originally titled Dying Eye in Japanese. It was serialized for a year in Kobunsha's Shosetsu Gaho starting in 1998, and published as a single volume in 2007. The story begins with Shinsuke Amemura, a bartender at an upscale Tokyo bar: after a late shift he is attacked by a stranger, suffers a severe head injury, and barely survives; the attacker then kills himself. Days later, when Amemura regains consciousness and cooperates with the police investigation, he discovers that he has lost a crucial memory—he was the driver in a rainy-night car accident that killed a woman on a bicycle, Minaho Kishi. As his memory gradually returns, people around Amemura begin to behave strangely, and he finds himself increasingly unable to understand what his past self was thinking. Then a mysterious woman who appears only at night and never stays in one place walks into the bar, and he falls for her at first sight—and her appearance seems somehow tied to that accident. The victim's husband, a modest office worker devoted to caring for his fiancee, a designer who crafts mannequins with extraordinary skill... the obsessions and culpabilities of several men intertwine under the night sky, and the truth is far more complex than a simple car accident. On the foundation of Higashino's signature social-minded mystery, the novel adds the supernatural premise of the dying eye: what the dead see in their final moment becomes a force driving revenge and pursuit. The novel explores memory, guilt, forgetting, and redemption, and readers have called it a colder version of Secret. In 2019 it was adapted into a Japanese TV drama of the same name.Editor's review
在东野圭吾数量庞大的作品序列里，《濒死之眼》常被称为“幻之作”：1998年连载、2007年才出单行本，中间隔了整整八年，东野本人在后记里也说过“现在回读，我想我是写不出来了”。这份“难写”，恰恰是它的看点。 它不同于《白夜行》的冷峻长卷，也不同于《嫌疑人X的献身》的精密推理，而是把诱惑、恐惧与罪恶感拧成一股绳：一个失忆的肇事者，一个只在夜里出现的女人，几个被欲望拖向深渊的男人。故事推进靠的不是侦探的逻辑，而是主人公一点点逼近自己不愿记起的真相时那份窒息感。东野在这里动了超自然的笔，“濒死之眼”既是设定，也是一句质问——死者最后看见的世界，活着的人有没有资格遗忘？ 如果你读东野只为解谜，这本书可能会让你不太适应；但如果你想看见他如何把“人为什么想忘掉自己做过的恶”写成一则黑色寓言，它值得一读。上海译文版由匡匡翻译，文字干净利落，保留了原作短句推进的紧迫感。Who it's for
A good fit for
- 已经把东野圭吾主要代表作读遍、想补冷门作品的读者
- 喜欢心理惊悚与超自然元素混合的悬疑小说爱好者
- 对“记忆与罪疚”主题感兴趣、不排斥阴暗氛围的读者
- 想了解东野圭吾创作中期风格变化的读者
Not a good fit for
- 偏好严密本格推理、要求线索公平对等的硬核推理迷
- 对暴力、性暗示与阴暗人性描写较为敏感的读者
- 希望读到温暖治愈系故事的读者
Reading tips
- 先不要急着猜凶手，把注意力放在慎介每一次“记忆回流”的细节上，那才是全书真正的推进器。
- 可以把“濒死之眼”当作一种隐喻来读：它问的不是死者看到了什么，而是活着的人选择记住什么。
- 读完不妨对照《秘密》，两书都处理“最亲密的人变得陌生”，看东野在不同阶段的处理方式。
- 若时间有限，建议一次读完中后段，情节密度高，断读容易丢失人物关系线索。
About the publisher
Shanghai Translation Publishing House China · Founded in 1978Shanghai Translation Publishing House is a Chinese publisher oriented mainly toward translation and publishing. Its publications cover foreign literature, world classics and classic works, as well as social culture, folk literature and classical poetry. The database contains 2,618 titles, including Never Let Me Go, Les Misérables (2 volumes), Don Quixote (illustrated collector's edition), The Complete Comedies of Molière (4 volumes), The Complete Novels of Kafka (3 volumes), The Collected Works of Dostoevsky (9-volume set), Reason and Persons, and Oedipus Rex (Translation Classics). Its author resources include foreign writers such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Victor Hugo, Cervantes and Molière, as well as translators such as Zheng Kelu, Sun Jiameng, Li Jianwu and Zhang Kun. The publisher has brands such as "Translation Classics Selections" and "Translation Documentary," and emphasizes translated works in foreign literature and the humanities and social sciences, while also publishing bilingual dictionaries and foreign-language educational books. Public information is limited; the above is based on the book information in the database.
FAQ
《濒死之眼》是东野圭吾的哪一类作品？
它属于长篇悬疑小说，带有超自然设定。作品1998年在《小说宝石》连载，2007年由光文社出版单行本，在东野作品中属于创作中期的“异色之作”，常被读者称为冷酷版的《秘密》。简体中文版有几个版本，该选哪个？
目前较常见的有上海译文出版社2010年版（匡匡译，ISBN 9787532750061），以及人民文学出版社2020年精装版（张凌虚译，ISBN 9787020153831）。两者都完整，上海译文版流传更广，人民文学版装帧更好。这本书有影视改编吗？
有。该作于2019年被改编为同名日剧，由国本雅广执导，三浦春马、高桥玛莉润主演。想先了解故事氛围的读者，可以先看剧再读书。没读过东野圭吾其他作品，能直接读这本吗？
可以，本书是独立长篇，不涉及系列人物与前作情节。不过它对人性阴暗面的描写比较直接，如果你是完全的入门读者，也可以先从《嫌疑人X的献身》或《新参者》读起。This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Keigo Higashino Author · Japan · 1958–2026Keigo Higashino was a Japanese mystery novelist, born on February 4, 1958, in Ikuno Ward, Osaka, and a graduate of Osaka Prefecture University. He made his debut in 1985 with After School, which won the Edogawa Rampo Prize. He went on to write prolifically, spanning honkaku mystery, socially engaged suspense, and warm-hearted narrative, with representative works including Journey Under the Midnight Sun, The Devotion of Suspect X, and Miracles of the Namiya General Store. In 2006 he received the Naoki Prize. His novels often wrap intricate deduction around human conflict, featuring frequent plot twists and unexpected endings, and have had a wide influence on Chinese-language readers. This site carries 24 of his works, mostly catalogued under foreign literature, classic works, and mystery and suspense. He died on July 23, 2026.