A quiet place
Matsumoto, Seichō, 1909-19922025
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While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife, who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood? When Tsuneo goes to apologise to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wife's death he discovers the villa Tachibana near by, a house known to be a meeting place for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wife's recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life.
Main title:
A quiet place / Seicho Matsumoto ; translated by Louise Heal Kawai.
Author:
Matsumoto, Seichō, 1909-1992, authorKawai, Louise Heal, translator
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2025.
Collation:
240 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9780241744208 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
895.6344
Language:
EnglishJapanese
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BRN:
8640531
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