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Naoko

Translated by Kerim Yasar

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Expertly interweaving the real and the unreal, Naoko involves a working man, Heisuke, whose wife dies in a bus accident. His young daughter survives, but seems to be inhabited by her mother’s personality.

japanese title: Himitsu
notes: Japanese title: Himitsu.
subjects: Fathers and daughters
Mothers and daughters
genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781932234077
OCLC number: 636927083
publisher: Vertical
publication place: New York
japanese publication date: 1998
english publication date: 2004
document type: Book
description: 282 p.