Grotesque
By: Natsuo Kirino ; translated by Rebecca Copeland
Contributors: Copeland, Rebecca L., 1956-
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
ISBN-13: 9781400044948; 9781400096596
Subjects: Social life and customs; Prostitutes; Fiction
Work titles: Gurotesuku
Description: In the wake of the brutal murders of two Tokyo prostitutes, Yuriko and Kazue, Yuriko's older sister describes the three women's education at a prestigious girls' high school, where a strict societal conventions determine the courses of their lives.
Notes: "A Borzoi book."

"Originally published ... in Japan as Gurotesku by Bungei Shunju in 2003"--T.p. verso.

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: A chart of phantom children; title: A cluster of naked seed plants; title: A natural-born whore : Yuriko's diary; title: World without love; title: My crimes : Zhang's written report; title: Fermentation and decay; title: Jizo of desire : Kazue's journals; title: Sounds of the waterfall in the distance : the last chapter.