Abstract

The second work of the “Camphor Tree” series. Keigo Higashino's latest work is overwhelmingly moving!

In 2023, Keigo Higashino's total sales exceeded 100 million copies, and he was awarded the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon by the Japanese government for his many years of achievement in producing a wide variety of works.
“Kusunoki no Bannin (The Camphor Tree’s Guard)”, has sold more than 1 million copies since its publication in 2020, and was ranked No. 1 in the annual bestselling ranking for paperbacks in 2023.
Now, the long-awaited sequel to the immortal masterpiece that has garnered the support of many readers is born!
“The Camphor Tree's Goddess" is a story about a camphor tree with mysterious powers and the people who visit its guardian. The overwhelming emotion of this work is second to none of its previous work!

[Synopsis]
A girl and a boy had a secret... Yukina, a high school girl who asked to have her poetry book placed at a shrine, has a big secret that only Reito knows.
Meanwhile, Motoya, a boy with memory impairment whom Reito meets at a dementia café, finds inspiration in Yukina's poetry book.
When Reito brings the two together, they hit it off instantly, and an unexpected plan is hatched.
This is a moving story about a camphor tree with mysterious powers and the people who visit its guardian.

Author’s Information

Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1958. Debuted in 1985 by winning the 31st Edogawa Rampo Prize with "Hokago (After School)". Received the 52nd Japan Mystery Writers Association
Award in 1999 for "Himitsu (Secret)", the 134th Naoki Prize and the 6th Honkaku Mystery Grand Prize in 2006 for "The Devotion of Suspect X," the 7th Chuo Koron Literary Prize in
2012 for "The Miracles of the Namiya General Store," the 26th Shibata Renzaburo Award in 2013 for "Mugenbana (Dreamy Flowers", and the 48th Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize in
2014 for "The Final Curtain". Also has numerous other awards.
Passionate about snowboarding, with works set on the slopes like "Silver Jack (Silver Hijack)", "Shippu Rondo (Gale Rondo)", "Koi no Gondola (Gondola of Love)" and "Setsuen Chase (Chase in the Snow)". Authored many books including "The Camphor Tree’s Guard (Kusunoki no Bannin)", "Majo to sugoshita Shichinichikann (Seven Days Spent with a Witch)", "Anata ga dareka wo koroshita (You Killed Someone)" and "Black Showman to kakuseisuru onnatachi (The Awakening Women with the Black Showman)".