Ashes

The vice and virtues of middle age are espied with an eagle eye in this hardboiled story about a mid-career gangster. Unfolding thorugh chiseled sketches and run through with tantalizing motifs, Kitakata's masterpiece follows the fortunes of a yakuza mobster as his moment of truth approaches. Cool, real, and cleansing, Ashes is a literary tonic.

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Ashes

The vice and virtues of middle age are espied with an eagle eye in this hardboiled story about a mid-career gangster. Unfolding thorugh chiseled sketches and run through with tantalizing motifs, Kitakata's masterpiece follows the fortunes of a yakuza mobster as his moment of truth approaches. Cool, real, and cleansing, Ashes is a literary tonic.

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Overview

The vice and virtues of middle age are espied with an eagle eye in this hardboiled story about a mid-career gangster. Unfolding thorugh chiseled sketches and run through with tantalizing motifs, Kitakata's masterpiece follows the fortunes of a yakuza mobster as his moment of truth approaches. Cool, real, and cleansing, Ashes is a literary tonic.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781932234022
Publisher: Vertical, Incorporated
Publication date: 06/01/2003
Edition description: First American Edition
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.82(w) x 8.72(h) x 0.88(d)
Age Range: 16 - 17 Years

About the Author

Kenzo Kitakata is the undisputed don of hardboiled and mystery writing in Japan. Immensly popular wiht mature readers both male and female, his works have won numerous literary awards.

Table of Contents

Part 1The Man Within
Wind2
Pigeons15
Eight Years29
Hourglass42
Profile54
Tablecloth66
Ashes78
Part 2Within the Man
Prison of Water92
Bathing131
Like a Dog175
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