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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 How did it come about that his wife who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighborhood? When Tsuneo goes to apologize 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...
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Modern Classics: A Quiet Place, Seichō Matsumoto, Louise Heal Kawai
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2025
- Bindwijze
- (Paperback)
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- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Seichō Matsumoto, Louise Heal Kawai
- Uitgever
- Penguin Classics
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2025
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0241744202
- ISBN13
- 9780241744208
- Reeks
- Beoordeling
- 3,55 van 5
- Aantekening
- 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 How did it come about that his wife who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighborhood? When Tsuneo goes to apologize 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...