Title: Naoko
Author: Keigo Higashino
Translated from the Japanese by: Kerim Yasar
Publisher: Vertical Inc, NY, NY, USA
Year: 2004
ISBN: 978-1-932234-07-7
Pages: 282
A tragic accident brings a family closer together
Keigo
Higashino takes the reader on a very warm and personal journey of grief between
a father, mother and daughter. Set in Toyko, Japan we meet Heisuke a factory manager who learns about his
families death while watching the evening news, both his wife and daughter have been killed in
a bus crash on the ski slopes.
The book
explores the steps one goes through when grieving a loved oneThe Japanese
setting adds a unique cultural insights
for non-Japanese readers which add a dimension to the overall depth and dimension of the
story.
A fun, light
and fast moving story that keeps you page turning with short chapters and a
display of characters, settings and events.
Naoko has
been made into a movie starring David Duchovny.
An
intriguing take on death, grief and how individuals deal with it in creative
ways.
Review Copyright Peter Hanami.2018. All Rights Reserved
Review Copyright Peter Hanami.2018. All Rights Reserved
