{"product_id":"lady-joker-volume-2-paperback","title":"Lady Joker, Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaoru Takamura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAllison Markin Powell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMarie Iida\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A novel that portrays with devastating immensity how those on the dark fringes of society can be consumed by the darkness of their own hearts.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Yoko Ogawa, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Police\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis second half of \u003ci\u003eLady Joker\u003c\/i\u003e, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, concludes the breathtaking saga introduced in Volume I. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case that terrorized Japan for two years, \u003ci\u003e Lady Joker \u003c\/i\u003ereimagines the circumstances of this watershed episode in modern Japanese history and brings into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. As the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are brought to light, the stakes rise, and some of the professionals we have watched try to fight their way through this crisis will lose everything--some even their lives. Will the culprits ever be brought to justice? More importantly--what is justice?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaoru Takamura\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Osaka in 1953 and is the author of thirteen novels. Her debut, \u003ci\u003eGrab the Money and Run\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 1990 Japan Mystery and Suspense Grand Prize, and since then her work has been recognized with many of Japan's most prestigious awards for literary fiction as well as for crime fiction: the Naoki Prize, the Noma Literary Award, the Yomiuri Prize, the Shinran Prize, the Jiro Osaragi Prize, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, and the Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize. \u003ci\u003eLady Joker\u003c\/i\u003e, her first novel to be translated into English, received the Mainichi Arts Award and has been adapted into both a film and a television series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllison Markin Powell\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator, editor, and publishing consultant. She has been awarded grants from English PEN and the NEA, and the 2020 PEN America Translation Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Loves of Nishino\u003c\/i\u003e by Hiromi Kawakami. Her other translations include works by Osamu Dazai, Kanako Nishi, and Fuminori Nakamura. She was the guest editor for the first Japan issue of \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, and she maintains the database Japanese Literature in English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarie Iida\u003c\/b\u003e has served as an interpreter for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Marie Kondo's Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary series, \u003ci\u003eTidying Up with Marie Kondo.\u003c\/i\u003e Her nonfiction translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eNang\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoMA Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEureka\u003c\/i\u003e and over half a dozen monographs on contemporary Japanese artists and architects, including Yayoi Kusama, Toyo Ito, and Kenya Hara for Rizzoli New York. Marie currently writes a monthly column for \u003ci\u003eGentosha Plus\u003c\/i\u003e about communicating in English as a native Japanese speaker.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 600\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772486746400,"sku":"9781641293952","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b9f4e716679b5e6991d4ee172dd592e0.webp?v=1780406794","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lady-joker-volume-2-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}