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• The Hunting Gun

• Yasushi Inoue, Michael Emmerich

• Page: 112

• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2

• ISBN: 9781805330394

• Publisher: Steerforth Press

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“Delicate and powerful... a haunting, sensitive meditation on memory as well as a wonderful introduction to a master sorely underappreciated in the West. . . timeless, elegiac, and masterful” – Shelf Awareness The story of a love affair and its tragic consequences, told through the letters of three women — a contemporary translation of a Modern classic “A Japanese master. . . Inoue's humane and searching world view is there to be explored” – The Spectator Love, death, truth and loneliness are all intertwined in this masterpiece from one of Japan’s greatest writers. A tragedy in three letters: the masterpiece of one of Japan’s greatest writers A lover, her daughter and the abandoned wife: three letters by three women tell the story of a love affair’s tragic consequences. First Shoko, who finds out about the infidelity through reading her mother’s diary; then Midori, the wife who has always known but never told; and finally the beautiful Saiko, the woman who has betrayed her best friend.Yasushi Inoue’s poised, unsentimental novella is a powerful tale with universal resonance. Written from three different points of view, the story explores the impact of forbidden passion. Don’t miss this stunning new edition of a celebrated translation of a Modern classic —  the best known and most accomplished novel by the beloved Japanese author of the acclaimed novella Bullfight.