Out: Natsuo Kirino

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a b c d e Kirino, Natsuo (2009). "About Her". Bubblonia. Natsuo Kirino . Retrieved 4 November 2013. She earned a law degree in 1974 from Seikei University, [2] and she dabbled in many fields of work before settling on being a writer. [3] For example, not knowing what she wanted to do in life, Kirino began working at the Iwanami Hall movie theater in her early twenties. [4] She soon discovered it wasn't right for her and just before her thirtieth birthday she started taking scriptwriting classes. [4] It wasn't until she was in her thirties that she began to seriously think about becoming a writer, [4] and it wasn't until her forties that she became popular as a writer. [5] Literary career [ edit ] Rebecca L. Copeland, "Woman Uncovered: Pornography and Power in the Detective Fiction of Kirino Natsuo", Japan Forum 16/2 (2004): 249–69. The Goddess Chronicle (original title: Joshinki), trans. Rebecca Copeland (Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2013) a b Copeland, Rebecca (2004). "Woman Uncovered: Pornography and Power in the Detective Fiction of Kirino Natsuo". Japan Forum. 16 (2): 249–69. doi: 10.1080/0955580042000222673.

verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ Idem, "Inside OUT: Space, Gender, and Power in Kirino Natsuo", Japanese Language and Literature 40/2 (2006): 197–217.Many critics challenged and criticized Kirino for her storylines, especially for Out, by saying women should only be writing love stories. [4] In fact, one male radio host refused to talk with her because of the fact she wrote about a husband being murdered by his own wife. [5] However, her fiction has been mirrored by reality with an increasing number of bizarre murders in Japan such as the woman who in 2007 murdered her husband, dismembered his body, and dumped the parts across Tokyo. [2] Writing style and themes [ edit ]

This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. ( April 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Book Genre: Asian Literature, Crime, Cultural, Fiction, Horror, Japan, Japanese Literature, Mystery, Thriller The novel tells the tales of four women, working the graveyard shift at a Japanese bento factory. All four women live hard lives. Masako, the leader of the four women, feels completely alienated from her estranged husband and teenage son. Kuniko, a plump and rather vain girl, has recently been ditched by her boyfriend after the couple were driven into debt, leaving Kuniko to fend off a loan shark. Yoshie is a single mother and reluctant caretaker of her mother-in-law, who was left partly paralyzed after a stroke. Yayoi is a thirty-four-year-old mother of two small boys who she is forced to leave home alone, where they are abused by their drunken, gambling father, Kenji.

In addition to comparisons with hardboiled crime fiction, Kirino's work has been compared with horror fiction (the gruesome dismemberment scenes in Out, for example) and proletarian literature such as Kanikōsen. [8] a b c d Davis, J. Madison (January–February 2010). "Unimaginable Things: The Feminist Noir of Natsuo Kirino". World Literature Today. 84 (1): 9–11. a b c d Harrison, Sophie (15 April 2007). "Memoirs of a Geisha's Sister". The New York Times . Retrieved 1 November 2013. OUT is a psychologically taut and unflinching foray into the darkest recesses of the human soul, an unsettling reminder that the desperate desire for freedom can make the most ordinary person do the unimaginable. a b c d Poole, Stephen (26 November 2004). "Murder Sushi Wrote". The Guardian . Retrieved 12 December 2013.

She is most famous for her 1997 novel, Out, which received the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, Japan's top mystery award, and was a finalist (in English translation) for the 2004 Edgar Award. [2] In addition, Kirino received the 1993 Edogawa Rampo Prize for mystery fiction for her debut novel, Kao ni Furikakaru Ame (Rain Falling on My Face), and the 1999 Naoki Prize for her novel Yawarakana hoho (Soft Cheeks).a b c Seaman, Amanda C. (2006). "Inside OUT: Space, Gender, and Power in Kirino Natsuo". Japanese Language and Literature. 40 (2): 197–217. doi: 10.2307/30198010. JSTOR 30198010. Gurotesuku (Tokyo: Bungei Shunju, 2003); English translation by Rebecca L. Copeland as Grotesque (New York: Knopf, 2007) Mina Qiao, Women in the Maze – Space and Gender in Kirino Natsuo's Writings. Münchner Schriftenreihe Japanforschung. Projekt Verlag. 2019.