The night of Baba Yaga / Akira Otani ; translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ōtani, Akira, 1981- author.

Contributor:

Bett, Sam, 1986- translator.

Standardized Title:

Babayaga no yoru. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Yakuza--Fiction.

Yakuza.

Woman-woman relationships--Fiction.

Woman-woman relationships.

Bodyguards--Fiction.

Bodyguards.

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Multiracial people--Fiction.

Multiracial people.

Japan--Fiction.

Japan.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Novels

Queer fiction.

Historical fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

206 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Soho Crime, Soho Press, Inc., 2024.

Summary:

"Tokyo, 1979. Yoriko Shindo, a workhorse of a woman who has been an outcast her whole life, is kidnapped and dragged to the lair of the Naiki-kai, a branch of the yakuza. After she savagely fends off a throng of henchmen in an attempt to escape, Shindo is only permitted to live under one condition: that she will become the bodyguard and driver for Shoko Naiki, the obsessively sheltered daughter of the gang's boss. Eighteen-year-old Shoko, pretty and silent as a doll, has no friends, wears strangely old-fashioned clothes, and is completely naive in all matters of life. Originally disdaining her ward, Shindo soon finds herself far more invested in Shoko's well-being than she ever expected. But every man around them is bloodthirsty and trigger-happy. Shindo doubts she and Shoko will survive much longer if nothing changes. Could there ever be a different life for two women like them? Akira Otani's English-language debut moves boldly through time and across gender, stretching the definitions and possibilities of each concept. Rendered in a gorgeous translation by International Booker-shortlisted Sam Bett, this lean, mean thriller proves that bonds forged in fire are unbreakable"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781641294911

1641294914

OCLC:

1402200600

Publisher Number:

99996869773