The Hunting Gun
“Delicate and powerful... a haunting, sensitive meditation on memory as well as a wonderful introduction to a master sorely underappreciated in the West. . . timeless, elegiac, and masterful” – Shelf Awareness
The story of a love affair and its tragic consequences, told through the letters of three women — a contemporary translation of a Modern classic
“A Japanese master. . . Inoue's humane and searching world view is there to be explored” – The Spectator
Love, death, truth and loneliness are all intertwined in this masterpiece from one of Japan’s greatest writers.
A tragedy in three letters: the masterpiece of one of Japan’s greatest writers
A lover, her daughter and the abandoned wife: three…
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August 6, 2024Born in 1907, Yasushi Inoue worked as a journalist and literary editor for many years, only beginning his prolific career as an author in 1949 with Bullfight. He went on to publish 50 novels and 150 short stories, both historical and contemporary, his work making him one of Japan's major literary figures. In 1976 Inoue was presented with the Order of Culture, the highest honour granted for artistic merit in Japan. He died in 1991.
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