On Parole
by Yoshimura, Akira
- New
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0156011476
- ISBN 13
- 9780156011471
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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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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- Bookseller
- Russell Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ING9780156011471
- Title
- On Parole
- Author
- Yoshimura, Akira
- Book Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0156011476
- ISBN 13
- 9780156011471
- Publisher
- HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
- This edition first published
- November 3, 2000
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