- Imprint: Harvill
- ISBN: 9781846554247
- Length: 384 pages
- Price: £20.00
Soft Cheeks
byNatsuo Kirino, Philip Gabriel (Translator)
Mieko KawakamiNatsuo Kirino's novels bring us into direct contact with human life. Her fearless pen forces us to confront the ugliness, intensity and depth of our own desires, to the point that we cannot look away. But just as those desires reach a fever-pitch, she restores our faith in humanity, in a way that only Kirino can. The relentless beauty of her stories leaves me breathless every time
Guardian, on THE GODDESS CHRONICLEA taut, disturbing and timeless tale
Mail on Sunday, on SWALLOWSA compelling read, with characters that continually take you by surprise and it's perceptive about class, money and gender politics
Independent, on GROTESQUEA rich, complex read. Be prepared for a book utterly unlike anything we are used to in crime fiction
Telegraph, on OUTAn exciting, disturbing read
About Natsuo Kirino
Natsuo Kirino, born in 1951, quickly established a reputation in Japan as one of a rare breed of crime writer whose work goes well beyond the conventional crime novel. This fact has been demonstrated by her winning not only Japan's top mystery award, for Out, but two of its major literary awards, the Naoki Prize and the Tanizaki Prize. Her novels available in English are Out, Grotesque, Real World, In, The Goddess Chronicle and Swallows.
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