Natsuo Kirino
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Natsuo KirinoNatsuo Kirino (桐野夏生) (nom de plume, real name Mariko Hashioka), born October 7, 1951 in Kanazawa , Ishikawa Prefecture, is a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction. A... In this article: Natsuo Kirino, Tokyo, Kodansha, Out, New York, Grotesque, Canongate Myth Series, Naoki Prize, and Hirayama Hideyuki |
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Wikipedia | October 19, 2009
Canongate Myth Series
...also forthcoming from the authors Donna Tartt (writing about Daedalus and Icarus), A. S. Byatt, Chinua Achebe, Milton Hatoum, and Natsuo Kirino. This series was being published in lovely hardback editions. They are now being published in...
In this article: Canongate Myth Series, Metro, Canongate Books, Karen Armstrong, Daedalus and Icarus, Donna Tartt, A. S. Byatt, and Su Tong
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Out (novel)
is a crime novel written by Japanese author Natsuo Kirino. It is her first novel to be published in the English language. The book is currently published by Vintage, part of Random House, in Britain and has been translated into English by...
In this article: Vintage, Random House, Hirayama Hideyuki, New Line Cinema, and Ring 2
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Tokyo Journal
...(Governor of Tokyo), Issey Miyake (fashion designer), Ensari Yenturk (Imam of Tokyo Camii Mosque), Fuyuko Matsui (artist), Natsuo Kirino (Japanese novelist), and Hello Kitty. The magazine is owned by Nexxus Communications K.K., a...
In this article: Tokyo Journal, Tokyo, Speed Tribes, Hello Kitty, Fuyuko Matsui, Time Asia, Livedoor, and Nobuyoshi Araki
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L.A. Times - Asia | July 13, 2008
'Real World' by Natsuo Kirino
...girl assumes a new name, hoping a new identity comes with it. "Real World," the 16th novel by award-winning Japanese author Natsuo Kirino, takes us deep inside the heads of these kids. Jealousy, solipsism, fear, arrogance -- the mind of an...
In this article: Out, Solipsism, Cal State Long Beach, Alfred A. Knopf, and U.S.
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The Complete Review | June 22, 2008
Real World - Kirino Natsuo
...and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure. In comparison to Kirino Natsuo's two previous novels to appear in English translation, Real World is, at just over 200 pages, a...
In this article: Kirino Natsuo, Dostoyevsky, Japan, Nihilism, The New York Sun, San Francisco Chronicle, Anxiety, and Los Angeles Times
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Observer.com - All Articles | May 19, 2008
Editor-in-Chief of Vintage Anchor Steps Down After Sabbatical, LuAnn Walther Promoted The New York Observer
...Lexy Bloom and Jennifer Jackson, are being promoted to Senior Editors at Vintage Anchor. Lexy's work with writers such as Natsuo Kirino, Joshua Henkin, and Irene Nemirovsky, and Jennifer's work with Jesse Ball, Amanda Boyden, Dave Eggers, and...
In this article: Vintage, E mail, and Chinua Achebe
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www.washingtonpost.com | September 19, 2007
The Outsider Is In: An Immigrant's Stories
...he loves, from Kiran Desai to Edwidge Danticat to Alexandre Dumas. Right now, he's immersed in "Grotesque," by the Japanese writer Natsuo Kirino. He thinks the greatest living American writer is Samuel Delany, a name better known to...
In this article: Junot Diaz, Francisco Goldman, Annie Proulx, Rutgers, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Rafael Trujillo, MIT, and J. R. R. Tolkien
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Working Women
Translated from the Japanese by Rebecca Copeland Natsuo Kirino's second novel to be translated into English confirms her as one of the elite novelists who are moving contemporary Japanese fiction into the American consciousness. Banana...
In this article: Grotesque, Los Angeles Times, Banana Yoshimoto, Haruki Murakami, New York, and Japan
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Natsuo Kirino (桐野夏生) (nom de plume, real name Mariko Hashioka), born in 1951 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, is a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction. A prolific writer, she is most famous for her 1997 novel, Out, which received the Grand Prix for Crime Fiction, Japan's top mystery award, and was a finalist (in English translation) for the 2004 Edgar Award. In addition, Kirino received the 1993 Edogawa Rampo Prize for mystery fiction for her debut novel, Kao ni furikakeru ame (Rain Falling on My Face), and the 1999 Naoki Prize for her novel Yawarakana hoho [Soft Cheeks]. So far, four of her novels (Out, Grotesque, Real World and What Remains) have been translated into English. The latter novel, a violent tale of childhood abuse and sexual degradation, enjoyed a considerable readership in Japan; Kirino, however, has expressed doubts that it will do as well in the U.S. market. Kirino also has written an installment in the Canongate "Myths" series (concerning the myth of Izanagi and Izanami), to be published in 2009.
A Japanese film adaptation of Out, directed by Hirayama Hideyuki, was released in 2002 to generally tepid reviews. According to Variety (on-line edition), New Line Cinema has purchased the rights for an American version, to be directed by Nakata Hideo (Ring, Ring 2).
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