Tag archieven: Penguin Classics

Zweedse roman, Zweedse schrijfster

Gun-Britt Sundström – Engagement

Gun-Britt Sundström Engagement recensie, review en informatie van de inhoud van de Zweedse roman uit 1976. Op 3 juli 2025 verschijnt bij Penguin Classics de Engelse vertaling van de roman Maken van de uit Zweden afkomstige schrijfster Gun-Britt Sundström. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. De Nederlandse vertaling van de roman met als titel De wederhelft verschijnt op 14 augustus 2025 bij Uitgeverij De Geus.

Gun-Britt Sundström Engagement recensie, review en informatie

  • “A novel from which you really never recover.” (Victor Malm, Expressen)

Gun-Britt Sundström Engagement

Engagement

  • Auteur: Gun-Britt Sundström (Zweden)
  • Soort boek: Zweedse roman
  • Origineel: Maken (1976)
  • Engelse vertaling: Kathy Saranpa
  • Uitgever: Penguin Classics
  • Verschijnt: 3 juli 2025
  • Omvang: 512 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 18,99 / £ 10,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de roman uit 1976 van de Zweedse schrijfster Gun-Britt Sundström

Martina and Gustav, students in 1970s Stockholm, meet and fall immediately into coupledom. But what is coupledom? A route to marriage? A declaration of co-dependency? A new dimension of commitment and responsibility? A sexual confrontation? Or is it a habit that an intelligent person must consider breaking? Martina and Gustav discuss their relationship endlessly, between themselves and with others, as they try to make it work.

Engagement, set during a time of social change and political upheaval, sees Martina trying to engage with the world on her own terms. Unwilling to marry, she finds herself in a state of permanent engagement while her friends settle down to marriage and children; uncertain of the world’s future, she engages with demos, sit-ins and philosophy seminars in her quest for a new blueprint for joy. First published in 1976, when it was heralded as an instant classic, Engagement remains as relevant, hilarious and heartbreaking today.

Gun-Britt Sundström De wederhelft recensieGun-Britt Sundström (Zweden) – De wederhelft
Zweedse roman
Uitgever: De Geus
Verschijnt: 14 augustus 2025

Gun-Britt Sundström is born 19 August 1945 in Stockholm. She Gun-Britt Sundström Maken Zweedse roman uit 1976works as an author, critic and translator. She is the author of 16 books, including Engagement (1976). Since the 1990s, Gun-Britt Sundström has established herself as one of Sweden’s foremost translators of children’s books and fiction. She received the Helga Prize in 2019 for her ‘linguistic sensitivity, self-distance, black humour and acuity.’

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Engelse romans, Engelse schrijvers, Vogels

Barry Hanes – A Kestrel for a Knave

Barry Hanes A Kestrel for a Knave review, recensie en informatie Engelse roman uit 1968. Op deze pagina lees je uitgebreide informatie over de roman A Kestrel fo a Knave van de uit Engeland afkomstige auteur Barry Hanes. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave. De Nederlandse vertaling van de roman is verschenen als Kes in 2019.

Barry Hanes A Kestrel for a Knave review en recensie

  • “Barry Hines’ 1968 novel concerns itself not with verdant landscapes and deep blue oceans, but a cold, gritty mining town in the north of England. It is the coming-of-age story of Billy, a young boy with a troubled home and school life, who discovers an unlikely passion when he finds an abandoned kestrel egg. He goes on to nurture and train the bird that hatches from it, in a touching story that exemplifies the sense of solace and identity that connection to the natural world can bring. The book’s decades-long spot in British school curricula and Ken Loach-directed 1970 film adaptation Kes further cemented its place in pop culture for decades to come.” (Mya-Rose Craig)

Barry Hanes A Kestrel for a Knave

A Kestrel for a Knave

  • Auteur: Barry Hanes (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse roman uit 1968
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Penguin Classics
  • Omvang: 208 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 9,99 / £ 5,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de Engelse roman uit 1968 van Barry Hanes

Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a disillusioned teenager growing up in a small Yorkshire mining town. Violence is commonplace and he is frequently cold and hungry. Yet he is determined to be a survivor and when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk he discovers a passion in life. Billy identifies with her proud silence and she inspired in him the trust and love that nothing else can. Intense and raw and bitingly honest.

A Kestrel for a Knave was first published in 1968 and was also madeinto a highly acclaimed film, ‘Kes’, directed by Ken Loach.

De Nederlandse vertaling van de roman is verschenen als Kes in 2019.

Barry Hines was born on 30 Juni 1939 in Hoyland near Barnsley, Barry Hines A Kestrel for a Knave English Novel from 1968 First EditionYorkshire. He was a promising footballer before taking a teaching qualification at Loughborough. He taught PE in London and in Yorkshire before writing full time. He has written nine novels, and co-wrote the screenplay of Kes with Ken Loach. He died on 18 March 2016 in his palce of brith, Hoyland, of Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 76.

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Amerikaanse schrijfster, Natuur, Natuurboeken

Rachel Carson – Silent Spring

Rachel Carson Silent Spring review, recensie en informatie boek uit 1962 over de vernietiging van de natuur door gebruik van pesticiden. Op deze pagina lees je uitgebreide informatie over het het spraakmakende non-fictie boek van de uit Verenigde Staten afkomstige marine bioloog, natuurbeschermer en schrijfster Rachel Carson. De Nederlandse vertaling van het boek heeft als titel Verstild voorjaar.

Rachel Carson Silent Spring review en recensie

  • “Rachel Carson educated a planet … Silent Spring is the cornerstone of the conservation movement. Its impact was immediate, far-reaching and ultimately life-enhancing … One of the most effective books ever written.” (Guardian)
  • “One of the very few books truly to have changed the course of history.” (The Times)

Rachel Carson Silent Spring

Silent Spring

  • Auteur: Rachel Carson (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: non-fictie boek uit 1962
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Penguin Classics
  • Omvang: 336 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 10,99 / £ 5,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek van Anne Carson over de vernietiging van de natuur door pesticiden

Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, Silent Spring exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Rachel carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement.

De Nederlandse vertaling van het boek heeft als titel Verstild voorjaar.

Rachel Carson was born on 27 May 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania. She wanted to be a writer for as long as she could Rachel Carson Silent Spring Book from 1962 First Editionremember. Her first book, Under the Sea Wind, appeared in 1941. Silent Spring, which alerted the world to the dangers of the misuse of pesticides, was published in 1962. Carson’s articles on natural history appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the New Yorker, Reader’s Digest and Holiday. An ardent ecologist and preservationist, Carson warned against the dumping of atomic waste at sea and predicted global warming. She died on 14 April 1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland at the age of 56 due to a heart attack while she was suffering from breast cancer.

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Iraanse schrijver, Iran, Middeleeuwen, Perzië

Nezami Ganjavi – Khosrow and Shirin

Nezami Ganjavi Khosrow and Shirin recensie, review en informatie van het epische gedicht uit 1177–1180 van de Perzische dichter. Op 24 april 2025 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Penguin Classics de Engelse vertaling van Khosrow o Shirin (خسرو و شیرین) van de uit Iran afkomstige dichter. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Nezami Ganjavi Khosrow and Shirin recensie, review en informatie

Nezami Ganjavi Khosrow and Shirin

Khosrow and Shirin

  • Auteur: Nezami Ganjavi (Perzië)
  • Soort boek: gedicht
  • Origineel: Khosrow o Shirin (1177-1180)
  • Engelse vertaling: Dick Davis
  • Uitgever: Penguin Classics
  • Verschijnt: 15 april 2025
  • Omvang: 448 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 25,00 / $ 15,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst episch gedicht van de Perzische schrijver Nezami Ganjavi

A tragic epic love story before Romeo and Juliet, by one of the greatest medieval Persian romance poets, in a modern-verse English translation by Dick Davis.

Based on historical characters of the seventh-century Iranian court and written 850 years ago, the narrative poem about Khosrow and Shirin shares a shelf with the most intensely romantic classic stories readers love, from Tristan and Isolde to Layla and Majnun to Romeo and Juliet to Gatsby and Daisy.

The love between an Iranian prince (Khosrow) and an Armenian princess (Shirin) is at the center of this tumultuous tale in which the powers of politics and warfare intertwine with no less powerful forces of erotic desire and the quest for personal and spiritual fulfilment. Theirs is a complex love story based on conflicting concepts of love, one regarding the beloved as a prize to be conquered and possessed, the other unrequited and all-consuming, relishing the very notion of the annihilation of the self through love.

Davis has captured the energy and poetry of Nezami’s original in modern verse. Davis’s introduction and textual commentary further strengthens his translation by providing insightful context for the general reader and scholar alike. Khosrow and Shirin will enchant both the classicist and the general reader, to captivate a new audience for Nezami’s masterpiece.

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Thailand, Thaise roman, Thaise schrijver

Siburapha – Behind the Painting

Siburapha Behind the Painting recensie en informatie van de Thaise roman uit 1937. Op 10 oktober 2024 verschijnt bij Penguin Classics de Engelse vertaling van de roman ข้างหลังภาพ van de uit Thailand afkomstige schrijver Siburapha. Hier lees je informatie van de inhoud van de roman, over de auteur en van de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Siburapha Behind the Painting recensie, review en informatie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, review of recensie verschijnt van de roman Behind the Painting van de Thaise schrijver Siburapha, dan besteden we er hier aandacht aan.

Siburapha Behind the Painting

Behind the Painting

  • Auteur: Siburapha (Thailand)
  • Soort boek: Thaise roman
  • Origineel: ข้างหลังภาพ (1937)
  • Engelse vertaling: David Smyth
  • Uitgever: Penguin Classics
  • Verschijnt: 10 oktober 2024
  • Omvang: 128 pagina’s
  • Prijs: £ 9,99 / £ 5,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de roman van de Thaise schrijver Siburapha

Nopporn, a Thai student studying in Japan, is tasked with hosting a distinguished old family friend and his new wife, the beautiful, aristocratic Kirati. Despite their difference in age and status, and the social constraints of the day, Nopporn and Kirati are inexorably drawn to each other. A stirring portrayal of youthful romantic obsession, and later attempts to come to terms with the frailty of once-passionate feelings, Behind the Painting also affords an intimate insight into the sterile existence endured by many women of high social status at the time.

First published in 1937, the novel has been reprinted more than fifty times in Thailand and has twice been adapted for film as well as a musical.

Kulap Saipradit was born 31 March 1905 in Bangkok, Thailand. He is  better known by his pen name Siburapha, was a prominent newspaper editor and novelist. A vocal critic of the military rulers of the day, he was imprisoned on two occasions and spent the last sixteen years of his life in exile in China. He died 16 June 1974, aged 68 in Beijing, China.

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Poëzie, Polen, Poolse schrijver

Zbigniew Herbert – Selected Poems

Zbigniew Herbert Selected Poems recensie, review en informatie boek met gedichten en poëzie van de Poolse dichter. Op deze pagina lees je uitgebreide informatie over de Engelse vertaling van gedichten van de uit Poelen afkomstige schrijver Zbigniew Herbert. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek en over de schrijver. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Zbigniew Herbert Selected Poems recensie, review en informatie

  • “Zbigniew Herbert was one of the best-known and most-translated poets of post-war Poland, opposed alike to Communism, Fascism, nationalism and the Church, yet moved, throughout his work, by ‘a powerful sense of right and wrong without a corresponding belief in a system.” (New York Times)

Zbigniew Herbert Selected Poems

Selected Poems

  • Auteur: Zbigniew Herbert (Polen)
  • Soort boek: gedichten, poëzie
  • Uitgever: Penguin Modern Classics
  • Verschijnt: 28 november 2024
  • Omvang: 288 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 10,99 / £ 5,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek met gedichten van de Poolse dichter Zbigniew Herbert

be courageous when reason fails you be courageous
in the final reckoning it is the only thing that counts

His is a poetry of compression, lucidity and profound humanity. The universe he conjures is deeply informed not only by his own time, but by history – by that of the Medieval Mediterranean and Central Europe, as much as of the Classical world – and by a taste for historical and philosophical paradox. In the early and middle works, the figure of the trickster never seems far from view. Throughout, Herbert asks questions about the nature and needs of sentient beings. His desire, always, is to ‘touch the essence’: to get to the heart of life.

Selected and introduced by J. M. Coetzee and Alissa Valles, this outstanding gathering from the full range of Herbert’s poetic output invites readers to experience the beauty and profundity of a remarkable body of work.

Zbigniew Herbert was born on 29 october 1929 in Lwów, Poland. He studied law, economics and philosophy at the universities of Krakow, Torun, and Warsaw. His books include Report from the Besieged City and Other Poems, Mr Cogito, Still Life with a Bridle and The King of the Ants. He died on 28 july 1998 in Warsaw.

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Noorse roman, Noorse schrijfster

Torborg Nedreaas – Nothing Grows by Moonlight

Torborg Nedreaas Nothing Grows by Moonlight recensie en informatie over de inhoud van de Noorse roman uit 1947. Op 6 maart 2025 verschijnt bij Penguin Classics de Engelse vertaling van de roman Av måneskinn gror det ingenting van de uit Noorwegen afkomstige schrijfster Torborg Nedreaas. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de roman is niet verkrijgbaar.

Torborg Nedreaas Nothing Grows by Moonlight recensie en informatie

  • “Nothing Grows by Moonlight is a novel as beautiful and affecting as its title suggests. The book’s themes will resonate with readers as much today as it did in 1947. It is masterful in the balancing of story and atmosphere and powerful enough that your heart aches increasingly with each page. It has become a firm favourite and a story I will never forget.” (Emily Slapper)
  • “It’s fantastic, it’s incredible.” (Pedro Almodóvar)

Torborg Nedreaas Nothing Grows by Moonlight

Nothing Grows by Moonlight

  • Auteur: Torborg Nedreaas (Noorwegen)
  • Soort boek: Noorse roman
  • Origineel: Av måneskinn gror det ingenting (1947)
  • Engelse vertaling: Bibi Lee
  • Uitgever: Penguin Classics
  • Verschijnt: 6 maart 2025
  • Omvang: 208 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook/ luisterboek
  • Prijs: £ 12,99 / £ 9,99 / £ 14.00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Boekhandel / Bol

Flaptekst van de roman uit 1947 van de Noorse schrijfster Torborg Nedreaas

In the blue dusk of a spring evening, a man is drawn to a lonely, beautiful stranger across a station platform. She follows him home, and over one heady night of wine and cigarettes, recounts to him the devastating story of her life . . .

First published in 1947, Nothing Grows by Moonlight tells the haunting tale of one woman’s soul-shattering love affair. When an obsessive passion for her high school teacher consumes a small-town seventeen-year-old, her life spirals out of control, giving way to pregnancy, poverty and alienation. Here, darkness and light converge, and unrequited love blooms against the shadows of societal injustices, as she fights for autonomy: over her life, her mind and her body.

Captivating, visceral and brimming with emotion, Nothing Grows by Moonlight is a feminist classic of Scandinavian literature, and an uncompromising ode to female desire.

Torborg Nedreaas was born in Bergen, Norway on 13 November 1906. She was one of the most acclaimed writers of the post-war era. A committed communist, she was heavily involved in women’s advocacy, and her many award-winning novels, short stories, essays and radio plays propelled her radical ideas to a wide audience. On 30 June 1987 she died in Nesodden, Norway, 80 years of age.

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Amerikaanse schrijfster, Feminisme, Feministische boeken

Andrea Dworkin – Woman Hating

Andrea Dworkin Woman Hating recensie, review en informatie van de inhoud van het feministische boek uit 1974. Op 25 februari 2025 verschijnt bij Penguin Classics de heruitgave van het boek van de Amerikaanse schrijfster en feminist Andrea Dworkin. Een Nederlandse vertaling is niet verkrijgbaar.

Andrea Dworkin Woman Hating recensie, review en informatie

  • “To see where we are going we must understand where we have been. Woman Hating is a much needed and long overdue addition toward that understanding.” (Audre Lorde)
  • “A singularly powerful voice … Dworkin [gave] definitive expression to the radical feminist tenet that sexual domination was the beating heart of patriarchy.” (Amia Srinivasan, LRB)

Andrea Dworkin Woman Hating

Woman Hating

  • Auteur: Andrea Dworkin (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: feministisch boek uit 1974
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Penguin Classics
  • Verschijnt: 25 februari 2025
  • Omvang: 224 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 10,99 / £ 5,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het feministische boek uit 1974 van Andrea Dworkin

‘This book is an action, a political action where revolution is the goal’

Andrea Dworkin’s blazing, prophetic debut argued that a deep-rooted hatred of women has been ingrained in society for centuries – and still governs us today. From fairy tales to erotic novels to witch-burnings, she uncovers the ways in which male violence and oppression have been normalized throughout history, and points the way to liberation.

Andrea Dworkin is born on 26 september 1946 in Camden, New Andrea Dworkin Woman Hating First Edtions from 1974Jersey, United States. She was an American radical feminist activist and writer, and leading thinker in the second wave feminist movement. She is the author of 12 books, including Pornography, Right-Wing Women, Woman Hating, Intercourse, and more. She died 9 april 2005 in Washington D.C. in her sleep at he age of 58 as the susult of a myocarditis.

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Turkije, Turkse roman, Turkse schrijvers

Sabahattin Ali – Madonna in a Fur Coat

Sabahattin Ali Madonna in a Fur Coat recensie, review en informatie van de inhoud van de Turkse roman uit 1943. Op 4 maart 2025 verschijnt bij Penguin Classics de Engelse vertaling van de roman Kürk Mantolu Madonna van de uit Turkije afkomstige schrijver Sabahattin Ali die in Bulgarije geboren was. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, over de schrijver en de uitgave. In 2014 is een Nederlandse vertaling van de roman verschenen met als titel Madonna in bontmantel dat alleen nog antiquarisch verkrijgbaar is.

Sabahattin Ali Madonna in a Fur Coat recensie, review en informatie

  • “A heart-breaker … it has the kind of indefinably powerful impact of The Great Gatsby.” (Observer)
  • “A gorgeously melancholic romance.” (Irish Times)
  • “Moving and memorable, full of yearning and melancholy … reading this is like a literary minibreak.” (Fiona Wilson, The Times)

Sabahattin Ali Madonna in a Fur Coat

Madonna in a Fur Coat

  • Auteur: Sabahattin Ali (Turkije)
  • Soort boek: Turkse roman
  • Origineel: Kürk Mantolu Madonna (1943)
  • Engelse vertaling: Maureen Freely, Alexander Dawe
  • Uitgever: Penguin Classics
  • Verschijnt: 4 maart 2025
  • Omvang: 192 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: £ 9,99 / £ 4,99 / £ 13,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de roman uit 1943 van de Turkse schrijver Sabahattin Ali

‘The pain of losing something precious can be forgotten over time. But our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache.’

A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade and discover life in 1920s Berlin. There, amid the city’s bustling streets, elegant museums, passionate politics and seedy cabarets, a chance meeting transforms his life forever. Caught between his desire for freedom and his yearning to belong, he struggles to hold on to the new life he has found.

Sabahattin Ali was born on 25 Februari 1907 in the Ottoman town of Egridere (now Ardino in southern Bulgaria). A teacher, novelist, short-story writer and journalist, he owned and edited a popular weekly newspaper called Marko Pasa. He is admired for the determination with which he defended his political beliefs, which are anchored through his writing. Madonna in A Fur Coat, first published in 1943, is his best loved work and a touchstone of Turkish literary culture which continues to resonate profoundly with readers young and old today. He was killed on 2 April 1948 in Kırklareli, Turkey, on the Bulgarian border, only 41 years of age.

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Japanse schrijver, Japanse thriller

Seicho Matsumoto – Suspicion

Seicho Matsumoto Suspicion review, recensie en informatie van de Tokio thriller van de Japanse schrijver. Op 29 mei 2025 verschijnt als Penguin Classic de Engelse vertaling van de thriller 疑 惑 geschreven door de uit Japan afkomstige schrijver Seicho Matsumoto. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de thriller is niet verkrijgbaar.

Seicho Matsumoto Suspicion review, recensie en informatie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, review of recensie verschijnt van Suspicion, geschreven door Seicho Matsumoto, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Seicho Matsumoto Suspicion

Suspicion

  • Auteur: Seichō Matsumoto (Japan)
  • Soort boek: Japanse thriller
  • Origineel: 疑 惑 (1982)
  • Engelse vertaling: Jesse Kirkwood
  • Uitgever: Penguin Classics
  • Verschijnt: 29 mei 2025
  • Omvang: 96 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs: £ 10,99 / £ 5,99 / £ 14,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de Tokio thriller van Seicho Matsumoto

Onizuka Kumako is a fierce woman: tall, beautiful, and not afraid to speak her mind. In Tokyo bars, she seduces customers and commits petty crime, using her connections to the local yakuza to get by. When she meets Shirakawa Fukutaro, a rich widower desperate for companionship and unaware of her shady past, the two hit it off and are soon married. But their newlywed bliss is suddenly cut short: one rainy July evening, their car veers off course, plunges into the harbour and Fukutaro is pulled beneath the waves.

Suspected of murder and labelled a femme fatale, Kumako is hounded by the press, but stays firm, repeatedly proclaiming her own innocence. As pressure from dogged journalists mounts, the tide of public opinion is rising against her. But when a scrupulous defence lawyer takes on her case, doubt begins to creep in . . .

In this intricate, psychological noir, masterfully translated into English for the first time, Seicho Matsumoto draws out the hidden demons that guide our convictions, our biases and our deepest desires.

Seicho Matsumoto werd geboren in 1909 in Fukuoka, Japan. Zijn Japanse naam is 松本 清張. Als autodidact publiceerde  Matsumoto zijn eerste boek toen hij veertig jaar oud was en hij vestigde zich al snel als een meester in misdaadfictie. Zijn verkenning van de menselijke psychologie en de Japanse naoorlogse malaise, gecombineerd met het creëren van kronkelende, duistere mysteries, maakten hem tot een van de meest geprezen en best verkochte schrijvers in Japan. Hij ontving de prestigieuze Akutagawa Literatuurprijs in 1950 en de Kikuchi Kan-prijs in 1970. Hij stierf op 4 augustus 1992 op 82-jarige leeftijd aan kanker in het Tokyo Women’s Medical University Hospital.

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