Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan - ISBN: 9781472154750
Paperback
Sister’s murder unravels secrets in a haunting Japanese town.

Rainbirds

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    1 May 2019

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Summary

Set in an imagined town outside Tokyo, Clarissa Goenawan’s dark, spellbinding literary debut follows a young man’s path to self-discovery in the wake of his sister’s murder.

Ren Ishida has nearly completed his graduate degree at Keio University when he receives news of his sister’s violent death. Keiko was stabbed one rainy night on her way home, and there are no leads. Ren heads to Akakawa to conclude his sister’s affairs, failing to understand why she chose to turn her back on the f…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472154750
ISBN-10:1472154754
Author:Clarissa Goenawan
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Corsair
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:1 May 2019
Weight:270g
Dimensions:197mm x 123mm x 22mm
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Critics Review

A transnational literary tour-de-force. Readers will be carried along by its creepy charm - The Japan Times

A murder mystery and a family drama in one, this book is as beautiful as it is understated. The author presents us with a fascinatingly structured look into Japanese society and a depiction of mourning and grief that is universally recognizable. - San Francisco Chronicle

Mysterious and dark - Daily Beast

Elegantly [combines] a suspenseful mystery with an eloquent meditation on love and loss. - HuffPost

Throughout this novel, numerous moments pleasantly evoke the surrealism of Murakami, the nightmarish descriptions of Abe, the alienated youth of Yoshimoto, and the ill-fated lovers of Kawabata. But Rainbirds, suffice it to say, is a different beast, a contemporary work of noir that draws readers into an eerie landscape that is hard to forget - Los Angeles Review of Books

About The Author

Clarissa Goenawan

Clarissa Goenawan is an Indonesian-born Singaporean writer. Her award-winning short fiction has appeared in literary magazines and anthologies in Singapore, Australia, the UK, and the US. Rainbirds is her first novel.

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