1. Target
  2. Movies, Music & Books
  3. Books
  4. All Book Genres
  5. Fiction

Penance - by Kanae Minato (Paperback)

Penance - by  Kanae Minato (Paperback)
Store: Target
Last Price: 15.99 USD

Similar Products

Products of same category from the store

All

Product info

<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A chilling Japanese psychological thriller and Edgar Award finalist about four women, forever connected by one horrible day in their childhood -- fifteen years later, someone wants to make sure they never forget.</b> <p/> When they were girls, Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuko were tricked into leaving their friend Emily with a mysterious stranger. Then the unthinkable occurred: Emily was found murdered hours later. <p/> The four friends were never able to describe the stranger to the police; the killer's trail went cold. Asako, the bereaved mother, curses the surviving girls, vowing that they will be the ones to pay for her daughter's murder . . . <p/> Like <i>Confessions</i>, Kanae Minato's award-winning, internationally bestselling debut, <i>Penance</i> is a dark tale of revenge and psychological drama that will leave readers breathless.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[A] suspenseful psychological melodrama. . . . Filled with strange entwinings of chance and effect, free will and manipulation, the mundane and the bizarre."--<b><i>The Wall Street Journal</b></i><br><br>"Kanae Minato is a brilliant storyteller."--<b>Emily St. John Mandel</b>, <b><i>New York Times bestselling author of Station Eleven</b></i><br><br>"Minato writes character driven mystery/crime novels that take deep dives into people's psychology--especially girls and women--with an unflinching look at the dark side of humans. I will read any novel she writes."<br>--<b><i>BookRiot</b></i><br><br>"Minato's simple, clear voice highlights the stories' psychological intensity, and themes of powerlessness evolving to strength, duty, and redemption create layers of interest that are perfect for book-group dissection."--<b><i>Booklist (starred review)</b></i><br><br>"Moving, tension-filled . . . Minato has crafted an unnerving tale of tragedy, guilt, and penance."--<b><i>Publishers Weekly</b></i><br><br>"With echoes of fairy tales and a <i>Rashomon</i>-like narrative structure, Minato's <i>Penance</i> is as ethereal and literary as it is a sharp, tight crime novel."--<b><i>Literary Hub</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Kanae Minato</b> is an award-winning, internationally bestselling novelist and former home economics teacher and housewife who wrote her first novel between household chores. Minato lives in Japan.

Price History