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(*)(Translated by Meredith McKinney) ()(cëF[1961-], Titulo original : İRY [Jiyu shikei, 1999], 1.Yoshio KitaLs hopelessness and lack of faith in his future crystallizes into a decision to commit suicide by what he calls Lcapital punishment at free will,L 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, YoshioLs 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 JapanLs 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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