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the complete review - fiction

The Goddess Chronicle

by
Kirino Natsuo

[an overview of the reviews and critical reactions]

general information | review summaries | links | about the author

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Why we haven't reviewed it yet:
Only had a library (i.e. limited-time) copy in hand, couldn't work ourselves up to delve into another myth-world for the duration


Chances that we will review it:
Distinctly possible, at some point

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  From the Reviews:

• "Fans of Kirino's crime novels will find much to savour in The Goddess Chronicle. The structure of her tale recalls her earlier books: a woman is betrayed, more than once. (...) Unlike her earlier novels, Kirino's writing here is abrupt, the translation often resorting to familiar phrases. (...) Kirino's retelling is a taut, disturbing and timeless tale" - Tan Twan Eng, The Guardian
  
  
• "The central narrative is lyrical, with an impelling storyline that demands attention (.....) But at the same time, there is a second strand which seems weighed down by the author's reverence for the source material" - Robert Epstein, Independent on Sunday

Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure.

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Links:

• Canongate publicity page
• Canongate (US) publicity page
• Kadokawa publicity page

• Asian Review of Books
• Bibliophilic Monologues
• Curiosity Killed the Bookworm
• Fighting Dreamer
• The Guardian
• Independent on Sunday
• Kirkus Reviews
• Library Journal
• Melody's Reading Corner
• Musings of a Book Junkie
• npr
• Publishers Weekly
• Three Percent
• Washington Independent Review of Books
• Zyzzyva

• Official site

• Grotesque
• Out
• Real World

• Other books from Canongate - The Myths
• See Index of Japanese literature

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About the Author:

       Japanese author Kirino Natsuo (桐野夏生; actually: Hashioka Mariko) was born in 1951.

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