| On Parole Contributor(s): Yoshimura, Akira (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156011476 ISBN-13: 9780156011471 Publisher: Harpervia OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Thrillers - Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.51" W x 8.52" (0.73 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After spending sixteen years in prison for a crime of the heart, Shiro Kikutani is released into a world he no longer recognizes. He must readjust to the bright and vigorous stimulus of Tokyo while fending off his own dark memories. In a spare yet powerful style, Akira Yoshimura paints the psychology of a quiet man navigating his way through the unsuspected traumas of freedom-finding a job, finding a home, even something as simple as buying an alarm clock. Kikutani takes comfort in the numbing repetition of his new daily life, only to be drawn inexorably back to the scene of his crime. A subtly powerful story, On Parole explores the fragile life of a murderer and the conditions of freedom in an unforgiving society. Yoshimura's startling novel raises provocative questions of guilt and redemption. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yoshimura, Akira: - Akira Yoshimura is the prize-winning author of twenty novels and short-story collections, many of them bestsellers in Japan. One Man's Justice is his third novel to be translated into English. |