From the celebrated author of "The Curfew" ("A spare masterwork
of dystopian fiction" "--The New York Times Book Review"), Jesse
Ball's "Silence Once Begun" is an astonishing novel of unjust
conviction, lost love, and a journalist's obsession.
Over the course of several months, eight people vanish from their
homes in the same Japanese town, a single playing card found on
each door. Known as the "Narito Disappearances," the crime has
authorities baffled--until a confession appears on the police's
doorstep, signed by Oda Sotatsu, a thread salesman. Sotatsu is
arrested, jailed, and interrogated--but he refuses to speak. Even
as his parents, brother, and sister come to visit him, even as his
execution looms, and even as a young woman named Jito Joo enters
his cell, he maintains his vow of silence. Our narrator, a
journalist named Jesse Ball, is grappling with mysteries of his own
when he becomes fascinated by the case. Why did Sotatsu confess?
Why won't he speak? Who is Jito Joo? As Ball interviews Sotatsu's
family, friends, and jailers, he uncovers a complex story of
heartbreak, deceit, honor, and chance.
Wildly inventive and emotionally powerful, "Silence Once Begun" is
a devastating portrayal of a justice system compromised, and
evidence that Jesse Ball is a voraciously gifted novelist working
at the height of his powers.
General
Imprint: |
The Text Publishing Company
|
Country of origin: |
Australia |
Release date: |
June 2014 |
Authors: |
Jesse Ball
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Dimensions: |
234 x 153 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
244 |
Edition: |
UK ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-922182-49-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-922182-49-4 |
Barcode: |
9781922182494 |
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