num_pages: 288
description: Naoko, a major bestseller and film in Japan, is a poignant and wily take on gender relations from a master of the detective story. Expertly and seamlessly interweaving the real and the unreal, Naoko involves a regular guy whose world is rocked when his wife dies in a bus accident. His young daughter survives, but seems to be inhabited by her mother’s personality.
language: English
title: Naoko
titlecomplete: Naoko
genres: Asian Literature, Fantasy, Mystery, Japan, Asia, Novels, Japanese Literature, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 5211
places: Japan
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Naoki Prize 直木三十五賞, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Mystery Writers of Japan Award (日本推理作家協会賞)
category: Best Novel
publisher: Vertical