A Lost Paradise
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| A Lost Paradise | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Junichi Watanabe |
| Original title | 失楽園 (Shitsurakuen) |
| Translator | Juliet Winters Carpenter |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Publication date | 1997 |
| Published in English |
2000 |
| Pages | 372 pp |
| ISBN | 4770023243 |
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 Shitsurakuen was nominated for 13 Japan Academy Prizes winning one with Hitomi Kuroki for lead actress.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Hall-Balduf, Susan (25 August 2000). "Review". Detroit Free Press. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7281953_ITM. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ a b c West, Mark D. (2006). Secrets, sex, and spectacle: the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States. University of Chicago Press. pp. 272. ISBN 0-226-89408-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=A9CDvNs35ooC&pg=PA272. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ a b 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. http://books.google.com/books?id=Htxwh3tUwPcC&pg=PA161. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "The husband instruction manual". China Daily / eastday.com. 2004-06-07. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/07/content_337178.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ Osedo, Hiroshi (2 February 2005). "Lust and seduction top stock news". The Courier-Mail. http://www.newstext.com.au/docs/CML/2005/get.jsp?docid=CML-20050202-1-015-4088409V11@QLD-METRO-2006-2005. Retrieved 2009-05-26. "..Shitsurakuen (A Lost Paradise) appeared in..."
- ^ Yao, Minji (28 June 2008). "The master of secret sin". Shanghai Daily. http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080628/article_364808.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "第21回 日本アカデミー賞" (in Japanese & English). Japan Academy Prize website. Japan Academy Prize Association. http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/1998/index.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26.[dead link]
[edit] External links
- Shitsurakuen at the Internet Movie Database (film)
- Shitsurakuen at JDorama.com (tv drama)
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