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An edition of グロテスク (2003)

Grotesque

1st American ed.

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In the wake of the brutal murders of two Tokyo prostitutes, Yuriko and Kazue, Yuriko's older sister describes the three women's education at a prestigious girls' high school, where a strict societal conventions determine the courses of their lives.

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Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
467

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Subjects
Social life and customs, Prostitutes, Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, thrillers, suspense

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Grotesque
2008, Vintage International/Vintage Books
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Grotesque
2008, Vintage International/Vintage Books
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Grotesque
2007, Alfred A. Knopf
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2007, Alfred A. Knopf
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Grotesque
2007, Methuen Drama
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Grotesque
March 13, 2007, Knopf
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2007, Alfred A. Knopf
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グロテスク
2003, Bungei Shunjū
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Table of Contents

A chart of phantom children
A cluster of naked seed plants
A natural-born whore : Yuriko's diary
World without love
My crimes : Zhang's written report
Fermentation and decay
Jizo of desire : Kazue's journals
Sounds of the waterfall in the distance : the last chapter.

Edition Notes

"A Borzoi book."

"Originally published ... in Japan as Gurotesku by Bungei Shunju in 2003"--T.p. verso.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
895.6/35
Library of Congress
PL855.I566 G8713 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
467 p. ;
Number of pages
467

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OL24746851M
Internet Archive
grotesque00kiri
ISBN 10
1400044944, 1400096596
ISBN 13
9781400044948, 9781400096596
LCCN
2006048594
OCLC/WorldCat
70676629

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