Seicho Matsumoto

Broschiertes Buch

Point Zero

Beschreibung

A jewel by Seicho Matsumoto (1909-1992), the master of Japanese mystery writing. A beautifully written crime novel set in a coastal city in Northern Japan that takes on the taboo of Japanese prostitution during the American occupation.

Autor

The Author and the Translator Seichō Matsumoto (1909-1982) was Japan's most successful mystery writer. His first detective novel, Points and Lines, sold over a million copies in Japan. Vessel of Sand, published in English as Inspector Imanishi Investigates in1989, sold over four million copies and became a movie box-office hit. Bitter Lemon published his novel A Quiet Place in 2016.  Louise Heal Kawai comes from Manchester. She has spent the past twenty years Japan and currently lives in Yokohama. Her translations include Daido Tamaki’s Milk, Tendo Shoko’s best-selling autobiography Yakuza Moon, and for Bitter Lemon, Matsumoto’s A Quiet Place.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bitter Lemon Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 132mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781913394936
• ISBN-10: 191339493X
• Artikelnr.: 67373046