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by Jun'ichi Watanabe, Sơn Lê (Translator)

303 pages, Bìa mềm

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Junichi Watanabe ( 渡辺淳一, Watanabe Jun'ichi, October 24, 1933 – April 30, 2014) was a Japanese writer, known for his portrayal of the extra-marital affairs of middle aged people.

His 1997 novel 'A Lost Paradise' became a bestseller in Japan and over Asia, and was made into a film and a TV miniseries. He has written more than 50 novels in total, and won awards including Naoki Prize in 1970 for 'Light and Shadow' (Hikari to kage), New Current Coterie magazine prize for Makeup, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize in 1979 for 'The Setting Sun in the Distance' (Toki rakujitsu) and 'The Russian Brothel of Nagasaki' (Nagasaki roshia yujokan).

He was born in Sunagawamachi (present-day Kamisunagawa) and died on April 30, 2014 of prostate cancer in Tokyo.

Reviews

[N.Long · Rating 3 out of 5]

This Vietnamese version is a Chinese-based one. Its sentences are hence influenced. A mixture of Chinese and Japanese style (and certainly Vietnamese, though very little). Personally thinking, it will be better if there is a Vietnamese ver. which is directly translated from the original ver.. And the chapter titles are unnecessary.