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April Book Club
Monday, April 18, 2005
7:00 PM
Location: Silver Diner
3200 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
Metro: Clarendon (Orange Line)
Phone: (703) 812-8600
Silver Diner Website
Our selection is: "Out: A Novel" by Natsuo Kirino
Read a review or buy the book online here
Nothing in the sometimes hazy history of Japanese literature prepares us for
the stark, tension-filled, plot-driven realism of Natsuo Kirino's
award-winning mystery OUT, a work that took the Japanese literary scene by
storm and continues to haunt the popular consciousness as a recently
released major motion picture.
Kirino's novel tells a story of random violence in the staid Tokyo Suburbs,
as a young mother who works a night shift making boxed lunches brutally
strangles her dead-beat husband and then seeks the help of her co-workers to
dispose of the body and cover up her crime.
The ringleader of this cover-up, Masako Katori, emerges as the emotional
heart of OUT and as one of the shrewdest, most clear-eyed creations in
recent fiction. Masako's own search for a way OUT of the straitjacket of a
dead-end life leads her, too, to take drastic action.
The complex yet riveting narrative seamlessly combines a convincing glimpse
into the grimy world of Japan's yakuza with a brilliant portrayal of the
psychology of a violent crime and the ensuing game of cat-and-mouse between
seasoned detectives and a group of determined but inexperienced criminals.
Kirino has mastered a "Thelma and Louise" kind of graveyard humor that
illuminates her stunning evocation of the pressures and prejudices that
drive women to extreme deeds and the friendship that bolsters them in the
aftermath.
OUT shows its author to be Japan's finest mystery writer as well as one of
the most astute observers of contemporary society, revealing, in the course
of its gripping pages, the fears, hopes, and obsessions that drive a complex
country.
For more information about the book club click here or email
bookclub@dchoos.org.
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Book Club
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April 18, 2005
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