Title: The hunting gun
Description: The Hunting Gun follows the consequences of a tragic love affair. Told from the viewpoints of three different women, this is a story of the psychological impact of illicit love. First viewed through the eyes of Shoko, who learns of the affair through reading her mother's diary, then through the eyes of Midori, who had long known about the affair of her husband with Saiko, and finally through the eyes of Saiko herself. This novella is incredibly powerful, with universal resonance and a true modern classic of the 20th century.
Subjects: Fiction, Social life and customs, Man-woman relationships, Women, Fiction, psychological, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Japan, fiction
Places: Japan
Time periods: 1945-