On Parole
by Akira Yoshimura
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0156011476
- ISBN 13
- 9780156011471
- Seller
-
Kensington, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
" A quietly devastating study of the damage humans can inflict on each other in the name of justice."
- The Washington Post Book World
This is an ex-library book with all the usual markings.
100% legible and unmarked otherwise.
Synopsis
A man murders his wife, wounds her lover, and sets the lover's home-with the lover's mother in it-on fire. Sixteen years later, 50-year-old Shiro Kikutani, a former high-school teacher serving a life sentence for this crime, is released. In jail, he had thought of nothing but freedom. His release, however, creates a series of obstacles for which he is not prepared. While he continually examines his conscience, he feels no remorse. On parole, he slowly begins to lead a normal life, and that life seems livable, until his new wife pressures him to express remorse he does not feel. Once again, Yoshimura has written a finely detailed, subtle, powerful story that explores the fragile life of a murderer and the quality of freedom in an unforgiving society.
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Details
- Seller
- Erinbank. Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2023313
- Title
- On Parole
- Author
- Akira Yoshimura
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First by publisher
- ISBN 10
- 0156011476
- ISBN 13
- 9780156011471
- Publisher
- Harcourt Inc (Harvest)
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 248
- Size
- 20 x 13 x 2cm
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Titles, First Editions, Signed Copies;