Akira Otani: The Night of Baba Yaga, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Night of Baba Yaga
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- Übersetzung:
- Sam Bett
- Verlag:
- Soho Press, 06/2025
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781641297066
- Artikelnummer:
- 12001124
- Umfang:
- 224 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 367 g
- Maße:
- 209 x 140 mm
- Stärke:
- 15 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 3.6.2025
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Buch, Gebunden, Englisch | EUR 27,41* |
Klappentext
"Tokyo, 1979. Yoriko Shindo, a workhorse of a woman who has been an outcast her whole life, is kidnapped and dragged to the lair of the Naiki-kai, a branch of the yakuza. After she savagely fends off a throng of henchmen in an attempt to escape, Shindo is only permitted to live under one condition: that she will become the bodyguard and driver for Shoko Naiki, the obsessively sheltered daughter of the gang's boss. Eighteen-year-old Shoko, pretty and silent as a doll, has no friends, wears strangely old-fashioned clothes, and is completely naive in all matters of life. Originally disdaining her ward, Shindo soon finds herself far more invested in Shoko's well-being than she ever expected. But every man around them is bloodthirsty and trigger-happy. Shindo doubts she and Shoko will survive much longer if nothing changes. Could there ever be a different life for two women like them? Akira Otani's English-language debut moves boldly through time and across gender, stretching the definitions and possibilities of each concept. Rendered in a gorgeous translation by International Booker-shortlisted Sam Bett, this lean, mean thriller proves that bonds forged in fire are unbreakable"--
