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Title: Naoko
Author: Keigo Higashino
Translated from the Japanese by: Kerim Yasar
Publisher: Vertical Inc, NY, NY, USA
Year: 2004
ISBN: 978-1-932234-07-7
Pages: 282
A tragic accident brings a family closer together
Keigo
Higashino takes the reader on a very warm and personal journey of grief between
a father, mother and daughter. Set in Toyko, Japan we meet Heisuke a factory manager who learns about his
families death while watching the evening news, both his wife and daughter have been killed in
a bus crash on the ski slopes.
The book
explores the steps one goes through when grieving a loved oneThe Japanese
setting adds a unique cultural insights
for non-Japanese readers which add a dimension to the overall depth and dimension of the
story.
A fun, light
and fast moving story that keeps you page turning with short chapters and a
display of characters, settings and events.
Naoko has
been made into a movie starring David Duchovny.
An
intriguing take on death, grief and how individuals deal with it in creative
ways.
