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No Reason for Murder
by Ayako Sono, translated by Edward Putzar
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This book (original title Tenjo no Ao) has enjoyed great
popular and critical acclaim in Japan. A chilling novel that examines
the morals and social responsibilities of contemporary Japanese society,
it tells a fascinating story about ordinary people drawn into a tangled
web of extraordinary events. Set in a rural area, the story focuses on
the relationship between two very different people: Yukiko, a humble,
single Christian woman with strong principles; and Fujio, an
undisciplined social misfit and womanizer. Yukiko turns out to be the
one woman Fujio cannot seduce, and she provides a moral lifeline for his
confused psychological state as he sinks ever further into a mire of
rape, murder and incarceration. The psychology of a serial murderer and
a depiction of the workings of the Japanese police and media are topics
rarely found in literature from Japan. Against that background, Sono
delicately probes the causes of love, hate, and even murder. Selected by
the Japan Association for Cultural Exchange for their Japanese
Literature Publishing Project.
Published by ICG-Muse, Inc.
Published 2003, 440 pp., 2 maps
ISBN 4 925080 63 6, hardback, £16.99
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