Backlight
Backlight
Hanawa, Kanji
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9781912864041, Publication Date: Thu, November 1, 2018, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
0

This thought-provoking and intriguing tale, by the Akutagawa Prize-nominated master short story writer Kanji Hanawa, revolves around the extraordinary real story of the seven-year-old boy who went missing in the bear-inhabited forests of northern Japan for six whole days in 2016, after his parents had apparently abandoned him as a punishment.

In Backlight, a child is left alone at the side of a road in the mountains of Hokkaido in northern Japan by his parents. When they return moments later, the boy is gone. Ishida, a Professor of Psychology is enlisted as part of the search team.

As days pass, the search goes on and the number of people involved reaches more than one thousand. Ishida and his colleagues assess, analyse and discuss mostly at a safe and comfortable distance, taking them on their own journey from theories concerning the whereabouts of the child, to the very heart of the Japanese psyche.

Backlight, translated by Richard Nathan, is a complex and challenging look at an unfolding emergency, a culture and a country.

Red Circle Minis: Original, Short and Compelling Reads

Backlight is part of Red Circle Minis, a series of short captivating books by Japan's finest contemporary writers that brings the narratives and voices of Japan together as never before. Each book is a first edition written specifically for the series and is being published in English first.

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

Silas LaMontaie

by Weill, Lawrence

Hardcover /Hardcover

$18.71

Then Comes the Flood

by Payne, John

Paperback /Paperback

$14.62

The Adventures of Miss Barbara ...

by Byrne, Paula

Paperback /Paperback

$14.99

If, Then

by Day, Kate Hope

Hardcover /Hardcover

$19.50

listens & views

FADED REVERIES

by FOUNDATION HOPE

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$29.49

ANOTHER MONDAY NIGHT

by SWINGADELIC

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$9.75

AUDITION TAPES (DIG)

by MORRIS,T HARDY

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$11.49

PUSHING THE WORLD AWAY

by GARRETT,KENNY

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$16.49

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.