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(*)(Translated by Meredith McKinney) (★)(島田雅彦[1961-], Titulo original : 自由死刑 [Jiyu shikei, 1999], 1.Yoshio Kita´s hopelessness and lack of faith in his future crystallizes into a decision to commit suicide by what he calls ´capital punishment at free will,´ meaning his only pressing problem now is how to spend both his remaining self-allocated seven days on earth and all his worldly money. From fine dining with a former porn actress to insuring his life, from pursuing an ex-girlfriend to an entanglement with an assassin, Yoshio´s last seven days on earth take on unexpected twists and turns in this darkly comic exploration of the cult of suicide in Japan. ◆Masahiko Shimada is one of Japan´s best-known and most prolific fiction writers, and the winner of awards including the Noma Literary Prize for New Writers. Meredith McKinney is currently a visiting fellow at the Australian National University, and works as a freelance translator.) |
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