What's Left of Me is Yours

Zusatztext Inspired by a real-life situation, this spellbinding tale about the marriage break-up industry in Japan has devastating consequences. Informationen zum Autor STEPHANIE SCOTT is a Singaporean and British writer who was born and raised in South East Asia. She read English Literature at the Universities of York and Cambridge and holds an M.St in Creative Writing from Oxford University. Scott was awarded a British Association of Japanese Studies Toshiba Studentship for her anthropological work on What's Left of Me Is Yours and has been made a member of the British Japanese Law Association as a result of her research; an early draft of the manuscript also won the A.M. Heath Prize, the Jerwood Arvon Prize for Prose Fiction, and runner up in the Bridport Prize Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award. What's Left of Me Is Yours is her first novel.WHAT'S LEFT OF ME IS YOURS is her first novel. stephaniescottauthor.com Klappentext A BRILLIANT DEBUT' LOUISE DOUGHTYWithin the Tokyo underworld there is an industry which exists to break up marriages, It is known today as wakaresaseya - agents who, for a fee, can be hired by one spouse to seduce the other and provide grounds for divorce on favourable terms, Inspired by a real case, this is the story of Kaitaro Nakamura, a wakaresaseya agent, who is hired by a man to seduce his wife, Kaitaro falls in love with his target, Rina, and after the divorce she moves in with him, unaware of his role in the demise of her marriage, Inevitably, however, the truth resurfaces,,, with tragic consequences, Vorwort Within the Tokyo underworld there is an industry which exists to break up marriages. But when Kaitaro Nakamura is hired to seduce Rina, something unexpected happens - he falls in love. A subtle heartfelt novel from a fresh new talent. Zusammenfassung Within the Tokyo underworld there is an industry which exists to break up marriages. But when Kaitaro Nakamura is hired to seduce Rina, something unexpected happens - he falls in love. A subtle heartfelt novel from a fresh new talent....

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stephanie Scott, Scott Stephanie
• Verlag: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781474610896
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-1089-6
• Seiten: 352
• Abmessung: 126 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung; Japan, FICTION / Romance / General, FICTION / Women, Crime & mystery, True Crime, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Legal, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Divorce & Separation, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Japanese, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, ART / Asian / Japanese, COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / Japanese, LAW / Family Law / Divorce & Separation, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Japanese, Photographs: collections, Family Law, Crime and mystery fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, TRAVEL / Asia / East / Japan