The Hunting Gun

<b>“Delicate and powerful... a haunting, sensitive meditation on memory as well as a wonderful introduction to a master sorely underappreciated in the West. . . timeless, elegiac, and masterful” – <i>Shelf Awareness</i><br><br>The story of a love affair and its tragic consequences, told through the letters of three women — a contemporary translation of a Modern classic<br><br>“A Japanese master. . . Inoue's humane and searching world view is there to be explored” – <i>The Spectator</i></b><br><br> Love, death, truth and loneliness are all intertwined in this masterpiece from one of Japan’s greatest writers. <br>A tragedy in three letters: <i>the</i> masterpiece of one of Japan’s greatest writers<br><br>A lover, her daughter and the abandoned wife: three letters by three women tell the story of a love affair’s tragic consequences.<br><br>First Shoko, who finds out about the infidelity through reading her mother’s diary; then Midori, the wife who has always known but never told; and finally the beautiful Saiko, the woman who has betrayed her best friend.Yasushi Inoue’s poised, unsentimental novella is a powerful tale with universal resonance. Written from three different points of view, the story explores the impact of forbidden passion.<br><br>Don’t miss this stunning new edition of a celebrated translation of a Modern classic —  the best known and most accomplished novel by the beloved Japanese author of the acclaimed novella <i>Bullfight.</i>