Natsuhiko Kyogoku is an expert in Japanese folklore, especially monsters, ghosts, and supernatural phenomena. Having never been published before, he brought the manuscript of The Summer of Ubume to the publisher himself, and it debuted in 1994 with great success.
Natsuhiko Kyogoku is an expert in Japanese folklore, especially monsters, ghosts, and supernatural phenomena. The unusual nature of how the title got published and its success inspired the creation of the Mephisto Award, which honors new mystery and fantasy writers. The second book of this series won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award in 1996. Kyogoku won the prestigious Naoki Prize in 2004.
The Summer of Ubume is the first of Japan's hugely popular Kyogokudo series . I certainly couldn't put the book down when Kyogokudo I found The Summer of the Ubume to be extremely intriguing.
The Summer of Ubume is the first of Japan's hugely popular Kyogokudo series, which has 9 titles and 4 spin-offs thus far. Akihiko "Kyogokudo" Chuzenji, the title's hero, is an exorcist with a twist: he doesn't believe in ghosts. Kyogoku spends a lot of time explaining in detail the theories behind the rnatural occurrances in the novel - all possible plotholes are tied up so effectively that it is easy to forget that the theories presented probably wouldn't hold up in real life.
Natsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese . Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume. Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Alexander O. Smith (Translator).
Natsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. Natsuhiko Kyogoku’s books.
Putting together a team of a police detective, a freelance writer, and exorcist, and bookstore owner to get to the bottom of the mystery of the a missing man, a cursed woman, and . .
The debut novel from the author, translated into English by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander- tells the story from the prospective of Tatsumi Sekiguch reaching the destination of the bookstore referred to as Kyogokudo, for the name of its book loving proprietor, reading a strange book that isn't for sale when his friend comes calling. Putting together a team of a police detective, a freelance writer, and exorcist, and bookstore owner to get to the bottom of the mystery of the a missing man, a cursed woman, and a clinic that seems to be more than meets the eye, The Summer Of The Ubume is a bone chilling tale.
The Summer of the Ubume. by Natsuhiko Kyogoku · Alexander O. Smith. The Summer of Ubume is the first of Japan's hugely popular Kyogokudo series, which has 9 titles and 4 spin-offs thus far. In Japanese folklore, a ghost that arise from the burial of a pregnant woman is an Ubume. Akihiko "Kyogokudo" Chuzenji, the title's h.
The Summer of the Ubume (姑獲鳥の夏, Ubume no natsu) is a Japanese novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It is Kyogoku’s first novel, and the first entry in his Kyōgōkudō series about atheist onmyōji Akihiko "Kyōgokudō" Chūzenji
The Summer of the Ubume (姑獲鳥の夏, Ubume no natsu) is a Japanese novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It is Kyogoku’s first novel, and the first entry in his Kyōgōkudō series about atheist onmyōji Akihiko "Kyōgokudō" Chūzenji. It has been turned into a live-action feature film. The Summer of the Ubume is told from the perspective of freelance writer Tatsumi Sekiguchi, who is investigating rumors of a woman at the Kuonji Clinic who has remained pregnant for twenty months after the disappearance of her husband
In Japanese folklore, a ghost that arise from the burial of a pregnant woman is an" Ubume.
In Japanese folklore, a ghost that arise from the burial of a pregnant woman is an" Ubume. The Summer of Ubume" is the first of Japan's hugely popular Kyogokudo series, which has 9 titles and 4 spinoffs thus far. Akihiko "Kyogokudo" Chuzenji, the title's hero, is an exorcist with a twist: he doesn't blieve in ghosts. To circumnavigate his clients' inability to come to grips with a problem being their own, he creates fake supernatural that he the "exorcises" by way of staged rituals.
Natsuhiko Kyogoku (京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan
Natsuhiko Kyogoku (京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime television series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups Garous was adapted into an anime feature film.
The Summer of the Ubume, Kyogoku's literary debut, was a runaway success when published in Japan in.
The Summer of the Ubume, Kyogoku's literary debut, was a runaway success when published in Japan in 1994 and has since spawned hosts of sequels and spin-offs and even a literary award. As a first effort Ubume both enjoys the advantages and suffers from the drawbacks that often accompany maiden voyages. To Natsuhiko Kyogoku, there is no better way to do this than through our myths, and though marred by clumsy pacing and the liberal application of pseudo-science, his debut novel succeeds in making the reader wonder about the hidden truths myths these ancient stories can unearth.
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