A Quiet Place
by Seichō Matsumoto, Louise Heal Kawai
3.5
(10 ratings)235 pages1975Bitter Lemon PressISBN 9781908524638
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About this book
While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly-spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife - who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings - ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood?
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Bitter Lemon Press
- Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 235
- ISBN
- 9781908524638
About Seichō Matsumoto
松本 清張（まつもと せいちょう、1909年12月21日 [注釈 1]- 1992年8月4日）は、日本の小説家。 1953年に『或る「小倉日記」伝』で芥川賞を受賞。以降しばらく、歴史小説・現代小説の短編を中心に執筆した。1958年には『点と線』『眼の壁』を発表。これらの作品がベストセラーになり松本清張ブーム、社会派推理小説ブームを起こす[2]。以後、『ゼロの焦点』『砂の器』などの作品もベストセラーになり、第二次世界大戦後の日本を代表する作家となる。その他、『かげろう絵図』などの時代小説を手がけているが、『古代史疑』などで日本古代史にも強い関心を示し、『火の路』などの小説作品に結実した。 ---------- Seichō Matsumoto (松本 清張, Matsumoto Seichō, December 21, 1909 – August 4, 1992; born Kiyoharu Matsumoto) was a Japanese writer, credited with popularizing detective fiction in Japan.
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