Out: (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)

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Description

In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the graveyard shift at a factory. Burdened with heavy debts, alienated from husbands and children, they all secretly dream of a way out of their dead-end lives. A young mother among them finally cracks and strangles her philandering, gambling husband. She confesses her crime to her colleagues and unexpectedly, they agree to help. But then the dismembered body parts are discovered, the police start asking questions and more dangerous enemies begin to close in.OUT is a psychologically taut and unflinching foray into the darkest recesses of the human soul, an unsettling reminder that the desperate desire for freedom can make the most ordinary person do the unimaginable.’Grimly satisfying – like no one you’ve ever read before’ Kirkus ReviewsVINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS – five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.

Additional information

Weight 0.454 kg
Dimensions 3.8 × 13.5 × 19 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

528

Publisher

Year Published

2019-10-3

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1784875406

About The Author

Natsuo Kirino, born in 1951, quickly established a reputation in Japan as one of a rare breed of crime writer whose work goes well beyond the conventional crime novel. This fact has been demonstrated by her winning not only Japan's top mystery award, for Out, but one of its major literary awards, the Naoki Prize, for Soft Cheeks, followed by the Tanizaki Prize for Tokyo Island. Several of her books have also been turned into movies.

Review Quote

Daring and disturbing, OUT is prepared to push the limits of this world – not only in violence and sex but also in human outlook… Remarkable

Other text

OUT is a potent cocktail of urban blight, perverse feminism and vigilante justice

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