Often found via Libros del Asteroide (Spanish edition).
Slow-burn, methodical, and increasingly claustrophobic.
(originally published as Kono mizu no nagare ) is a gripping psychological thriller by the master of Japanese "social detective" fiction, Seicho Matsumoto . Set against the backdrop of 1960s Japan, it explores themes of obsession, hidden pasts, and the dark undercurrents of seemingly ordinary lives. Synopsis
Matsumoto often used his plots to highlight the bureaucratic and moral failings of post-war Japan. Reading Experience