The eighth day
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The eighth day
Kodansha International, 2010
1st ed
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Yokame no semi
八日目の蝉 : 英文版
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ISBN 9784770030887
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不倫相手の留守宅に忍び込み、本妻の生んだ乳飲み子を思わず連れ去ってしまうヒロイン希和子。その希和子に逮捕までの数年間、愛情を注がれて育てられる娘。親元に戻された娘と生みの親たちの戸惑い。やがて娘は成人し、新たな人生を生きる。あたかも七日で死ぬべき蝉が八日目を生きるように、あるべき人生から大きく逸脱した世界を生きる。八日目の先は懸命に生きるしかない。第２回中央公論文芸賞受賞。
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The year is 1985. Kiwako is an ordinary office worker, in love with a married man, until an unwanted abortion causes her to snap. She kidnaps her lover's six-month-old girl and runs away with her, eventually taking refuge in all-female commune controlled by a religious cult. Here she attempts to raise the girl. The year is 1985. Kiwako is an ordinary office worker, in love with a married man, until an unwanted abortion causes her to snap. She kidnaps her lover's six-month-old girl and runs away with her, eventually taking refuge in all-female commune controlled by a
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