![]() ![]() (.) The story, meanwhile, is really a framework on which she hangs a political commentary about the problems of ordinary women in contemporary Japanese society. "As the plot rumbles on, the flat, functional prose is occasionally illuminated by a strange lyricism.Warning: The squeamish shouldn't check this Out." - Lori L. "What follows, as the women try to outwit the police and a mysterious stranger bent on revenge, is as much a character study of disaffected housewives as a knuckle-clenching thriller.Not quite a consensus, but most impressed by aspects of it Out was made into a film in 2002, directed by Hirayama Hideyuki an American remake, to be directed by Nakata Hideo, is scheduled for 2006ī : elaborate thriller, decent slice-of-life stories.Out won the Japan Mystery Writers' Association Prize in 1998.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author ![]() ![]() Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. ![]()
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