Inoue Yasushi (Author)
Inoue Yasushi (Author) - The Hunting Gun - Paperback
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Description: Inoue wrote compassionately but without a hint of sentimentality TLS Inoue writes hand - in - hand with Death with a finger on the Trigger Lire A lover her daughter and an abandoned wife: three women write letters revealing the tragic aftermath of a forbidden love affair. Saiko is beautiful sophisticated - and disloyal to her cousin and closest friend. Midori forsaken by her husband takes a silent vengeance. And Shoko Saiko's daughter is left to make sense of family secrets. In this masterpiece of mid - century Japanese fiction Inoue weaves together conflicting perspectives to tell a single story of love death truth and longing. Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature hand - picked from around the globe. Translated by Michael Emmerich. Yasushi Inoue (1907 - 1991) worked as a journalist and literary editor for many years beginning his prolific career as an author in 1949 with the novel Bullfight. He went on to publish fifty novels and 150 short stories both historical and contemporary becoming one of Japan's major literary figures. In 1976 Inoue was presented with the Order of Culture the highest honour granted for artistic merit in Japan.
Title: The Hunting Gun
Author(s): Inoue Yasushi (Author)
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Barcode: 9781805330394
Pages: 112 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/6/2024
Series: Pushkin Press Classics
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: Inoue wrote compassionately but without a hint of sentimentality TLS Inoue writes hand - in - hand with Death with a finger on the Trigger Lire A lover her daughter and an abandoned wife: three women write letters revealing the tragic aftermath of a forbidden love affair. Saiko is beautiful sophisticated - and disloyal to her cousin and closest friend. Midori forsaken by her husband takes a silent vengeance. And Shoko Saiko's daughter is left to make sense of family secrets. In this masterpiece of mid - century Japanese fiction Inoue weaves together conflicting perspectives to tell a single story of love death truth and longing. Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature hand - picked from around the globe. Translated by Michael Emmerich. Yasushi Inoue (1907 - 1991) worked as a journalist and literary editor for many years beginning his prolific career as an author in 1949 with the novel Bullfight. He went on to publish fifty novels and 150 short stories both historical and contemporary becoming one of Japan's major literary figures. In 1976 Inoue was presented with the Order of Culture the highest honour granted for artistic merit in Japan.
Title: The Hunting Gun
Author(s): Inoue Yasushi (Author)
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Barcode: 9781805330394
Pages: 112 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/6/2024
Series: Pushkin Press Classics
Category: Fiction In Translation
