Синева небес

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This is a study of a young man from a dysfunctional family who serially kills the young women he seduces. Yukiko, an unmarried seamstress who lives with her journalist sister, tries to live a moral and rational life, even to the extent of offering help to the murderer. The basic moral problem addressed by the story is that of the limits of understanding and compassion shown for this vicious killer who is totally selfish in his outlook. An insightful study of family psychology, this book confronts the reader with social and moral problems within the modern Japanese world. (Internet).