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La sfârșitul erei Meiji, într-un sat pierdut în mijlocul lanurilor de orez, destinul a trei generații de femei – Tsuna, Ikuyo, Tomoko – pare să urmeze ritmul imuabil al vieții la țară. însă, în clipa în care frumoasa văduvă Ikuyo, mama lui Tomoko și fiica Tsunei, se recăsătorește cu fiul căpeteniei satului, totul pare să-și iasă din matcă.

Strălucita scriitoare a Japoniei postbelice, Sawako Ariyoshi reînvie povestea adevărată a dansatoarei Okuni din Izumo, creatoarea teatrului Kabuki.

One of the biggest-selling Japanese thrillers ever, and the inspiration for a cult film, The Devotion of Suspect X is now being discovered across the world. Its blend of a page-turning story, evocative Tokyo setting and utterly surprising ending make it a must-read for anyone interested in international fiction.

When a man is discovered dead by poisoning in his empty home his beautiful wife, Ayane, immediately falls under suspicion. All clues point to Ayane being the logical suspect, but how could she have committed the crime when she was hundreds of miles away? As Tokyo police detective Kusanagi tries to unpick a seemingly unrelated sequence of events he finds himself falling for Ayane. When his judgement becomes dangerously clouded his assistant must call on an old friend for help; it will take a genius to unravel the most spectacular web of deceit they have ever faced...