On Parole: A Novel by the Author of Shipwrecks - Hardcover

Yoshimura, Akira

 
9780151002702: On Parole: A Novel by the Author of Shipwrecks

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A man murders his wife, wounds her lover, and sets the lover's home-with the lover's mother in it-on fire. Sixteen years later, 50-year-old Shiro Kikutani, a former high-school teacher serving a life sentence for this crime, is released. In jail, he had thought of nothing but freedom. His release, however, creates a series of obstacles for which he is not prepared. While he continually examines his conscience, he feels no remorse. On parole, he slowly begins to lead a normal life, and that life seems livable, until his new wife pressures him to express remorse he does not feel. Once again, Yoshimura has written a finely detailed, subtle, powerful story that explores the fragile life of a murderer and the quality of freedom in an unforgiving society.

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ISBN 10:  0156011476 ISBN 13:  9780156011471
Verlag: Houghton Mifflin, 2009
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