Out (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved AndrewTheLott’s request to change the contributors of Out Friday, September 25 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• Edited a contributor: Stephen Snyder: (Primary AuthorTranslator)

Timothy Gray approved AndrewTheLott’s request to change the title of Out Thursday, September 24 2009.

AndrewTheLott edited the contributors of Out Thursday, September 24 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• Edited a contributor: Stephen Snyder: (Primary AuthorTranslator)

AndrewTheLott changed the title of Out Thursday, September 24 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of Out Friday, July 31 2009.

• Nothing in Japanese literature prepares us for the stark, tension-filled, plot-driven realism of Natsuo Kirino’s award-winning literary mystery Out . This mesmerizing novel tells the story of a brutal murder in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mother who works the night shift making boxed lunches strangles her abusive husband and then seeks the help of her coworkers to dispose of the body and cover up her crime. The coolly intelligent Masako emerges as the plot’s ringleader, but quickly discovers that this killing is merely the beginning, as it leads to a terrifying foray into the violent underbelly of Japanese society. At once a masterpiece of literary suspense and pitch-black comedy of gender warfare, Out is also a moving evocation of the pressures and prejudices that drive women to extreme deeds, and the friendships that bolster them in the aftermath.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Out Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Stephen Snyder: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: Natsuo Kirino: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Out Friday, July 17 2009.

• She got to the parking lot earlier than usual.