The eighth day
By: Mitsuyo Kakuta ; translated by Margaret Mitsutani.
Contributors: Mitsutani, Margaret.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tokyo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9784770030887
Work titles: Yōkame no semi.
Description: The year is 1985. Kiwako is an ordinary office worker, in love with a married man, until an unwanted abortion causes her to snap. She kidnaps her lover's six-month-old girl and runs away with her, eventually taking refuge in all-female commune controlled by a religious cult.
Notes: "Originally published in Japanese in 2007 by Chuokoron Shinsha, Tokyo, under the title Yokame no semi."--T.p. verso.