A Lost Paradise
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| Author | Junichi Watanabe |
|---|---|
| Original title | 失楽園 (Shitsurakuen) |
| Translator | Juliet Winters Carpenter |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
Publication date | 1997 |
Published in English | 2000 |
| Pages | 372 pp |
| ISBN | 4-7700-2324-3 |
A Lost Paradise (失楽園 Shitsurakuen) is 1997 novel by Japanese author Junichi Watanabe. It tells the story of a 54-year-old married former magazine editor, his affair with a 37-year-old married typesetter and their double-suicide. The couple, Kūki and Rinko, are modeled after the famous case of Sada Abe.[1][2][3]
The book became a bestseller throughout Asia, selling 3 million copies in Japan. Shitsurakuen became a slang word for having an affair.[2][4] It was first serialized in the business newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun in 1995.[3][5][6] The book was made into a film and a TV drama the same year.[2] The film Lost Paradise was nominated for 13 Japan Academy Prizes winning one with Hitomi Kuroki for lead actress.[7]
References
- ↑ Hall-Balduf, Susan (25 August 2000). "Review". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- 1 2 3 West, Mark D. (2006). Secrets, sex, and spectacle: the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States. University of Chicago Press. p. 272. ISBN 0-226-89408-8. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- 1 2 Marran, Christine L. (2007). Poison woman: figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 161–163. ISBN 0-8166-4727-5. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "The husband instruction manual". China Daily / eastday.com. 2004-06-07. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ Osedo, Hiroshi (2 February 2005). "Lust and seduction top stock news". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
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- ↑ Yao, Minji (28 June 2008). "The master of secret sin". Shanghai Daily. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ 第21回 日本アカデミー賞. Japan Academy Prize website (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize Association. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
External links
- Shitsurakuen at the Internet Movie Database (film)
- Shitsurakuen at JDorama.com (TV drama)
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