The Hunting Gun
โ Scribed by Inoue, Yasushi
- Book ID
- 110486140
- Publisher
- Steerforth Press
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781782270829
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โฆ Synopsis
A tragedy in three letters: THE masterpiece of one of Japan's greatest writers
The Hunting Gun follows the consequences of a tragic love affair. Told from the viewpoints of three different women, this is a story of the psychological impact of illicit love. First viewed through the eyes of Shoko, who learns of the affair through reading her mother's diary, then through the eyes of Midori, who had long known about the affair of her husband with Saiko, and finally through the eyes of Saiko herself. This novella is incredibly powerful, with universal resonance and a true modern classic of the 20th century.
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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
The Hunting Gun follows the consequences of a tragic love affair. Told from the viewpoints of three different women, this is a story of the psychological impact of illicit love. First viewed through the eyes of Shoko, who learns of the affair through reading her mother's diary, then through the eyes
Originally published as: Once in the saddle