The Goddess Chronicle

- Reviews -

Kirino' s retelling is a taut, disturbing and timeless tale, filled with rage and pathos for the battles that women have to fight every day, battles which have, apparently, existed from the moment of creation -- TAN TWAN ENG * * Guardian * * Daring and disturbing . . . [Kirino is] prepared to push the human limits of this world . . . Remarkable * * Los Angeles Times * * Lyrical, with an impelling storyline that demands attention . . . a compelling tale, with foundations in an allegory-rich fable that more than deserves its rejuvenation * * Independent on Sunday * * A dark and lovely feminist retelling of the Japanese creation myth * * NPR * * Enthralling . . . In telling Namima' s story, the author reworks the ancient tale of Izanami and Izanaki into one of female solidarity and determined strength . . . Natsuo Kirino eloquently reveals that far from being the weaker sex, women shoulder responsibilities that men are not strong enough to bear * * Washington Independent Review of Books * * An eerie tale of joy and sorrow, light and darkness, love and vengeance . . . Dark and elemental, it' s the perfect kind of tale for Kirino' s pen . . . a tantalising introduction to an unfamiliar creation myth * * The Idle Woman * * In her wildly far-reaching tale of relations between gods and men, men and women, life and death, darkness and light, Natsuo Kirino tells a peripatetic, global, and truly satisfying love story of how it is to be human -- STELLA DUFFY It is one of the most unexpected and playful novels to emerge from Japan in recent years . . . a triumph. In its boldness and originality, it broadens our sense of what modern Japanese fiction can be * * Telegraph on Real World * * Be prepared for a book utterly unlike anything we are used to in crime fiction * * Independent on Real World * * Got my heart beating * * Daily Telegraph on Out * *

- Author Bio -

Natsuo Kirino is a leading figure in Japanese crime fiction. A prolific writer, she is most famous for her 1998 novel Out, which received the Grand Prix for Crime Fiction, Japan' s top mystery award, and was a finalist (in translation) for the 2004 Edgar Best Novel Award. Rebecca Copeland is a professor of Japanese literature at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where her research and teaching focuses on women, gender and translation studies. She also translated Kirino' s 2003 novel Grotesque.

- Full Details -

Status:	Active
ISBN-13:	9781786899170
Published:	2 Sep 2021
Published In:	United Kingdom
Imprint:	Canongate Canons
Publisher:	Canongate Books
Format:	Paperback
Height:	198mm
Width:	129mm
Pages:	320

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