Out
内容简介
Nothing in Japanese literature prepares us for the stark, tension-filled, plot-driven realism of Natsuo Kirino’s award-winning literary mystery Out .
This mesmerizing novel tells the story of a brutal murder in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mother who works the night shift making boxed lunches strangles her abusive husband and then seeks the help of her coworkers to dispose of the body and cover up her crime. The coolly intelligent Masako emerges as the plot’s ringleader, but quickly discovers that this killing is merely the beginning, as it leads to a terrifying foray into the violent underbelly of Japanese society.
At once a masterpiece of literary suspense and pitch-black comedy of gender warfare, Out is also a moving evocation of the pressures and prejudices that drive women to extreme deeds, and the friendships that bolster them in the aftermath.
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作者简介
Natsuo Kirino, born in 1951, quickly established a reputation in her own country as one of a rare breed of mystery writer whose work goes well beyond the conventional crime novel. This fact has been demonstrated by her winning not only the Grand Prix for Crime Fiction in Japan–for Out in 1998–but one of its major literary awards–the Naoki Prize in 1999, for Soft Cheeks (to be published in English). Several of her books have also been turned into full-scale movies.
Out is the first of her novels to appear in English and was nominated for an Edgar Award. Natsuo Kirino lives in Japan.
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读书文摘
她想到孩提时代，一家人到南京旅行的事。在当地的战争博物馆里，她见到可怕的蜡人像，是日军屠杀老百姓的场面。佐竹的沼泽，潜伏在沼泽底部的东西，也是这么可怕的过去。
“人要跌倒很容易吧？” 良江喃喃自语。雅子深表同情地望着她。 “没错，接下来就像刹车坏掉的自行车一样，一直冲下坡。” “谁也无法阻止它？” “只要撞上东西就会停住了。” 良江因恐惧而颤抖了。她们究竟会撞上什么？前面的转角处会有什么在等待着？
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