5/28/2023 0 Comments Penance minato kanae![]() ![]() They differ in form - one time the story takes form of letters, other times notes from interrogation or conversations - to keep the reader at the edge of their seat.Īcclaimed director Kiyoshi Kurosawa based his film on the story. Penance, just like Confessions and other works by Minato earlier, is a polyphonic novel - every chapter is narrated by a different character: Sae, Maki, Akiko, Yuko, and, finally, by Emily’s mother. It doesn’t focus solely on the crime and search for the perpetrator but on the mark that a tragedy from the past leaves on those most involved. Next - after well-received Confessions - novel by Kanae Minato translated to English is a crime novel of a different kind. Riku Onda’s The Aosawa Murders and Kanae Minato’s Penance are two such examples, consisting of a series of vignettes (or short stories) that, working like puzzle pieces, gradually reveal clues about the culprit and their motive. Years later, Emily’s mother confronts now grown-up women and demands redemption. Kanae Minato is an award-winning, internationally bestselling novelist and former home economics teacher and housewife who wrote her first novel between household chores. None of her friends recalls the face of the alleged murderer and the investigation stops at a dead end. ![]() Soon, police will begin investigating her murder. But it’s the last time that Emily is seen alive. ![]() Resolute Emily was the only one who decided to help and show the way to the stranger. ![]() Four girls - Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuko - observe how their friend Emily walks away with an unknown man. ![]()
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