"The Hunting Gun, set in the period immediately after the Second World War, is the story of a tragic love affair and its psychological impact - not...
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Aug 19, 2011
Mariel
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I don't know how to read. I'm going to sign up for hooked on phonics after I write this review. My mind was in the gutter like I lost to Jesus Quintana and his purple balls in a bowling match (we have dates on wednesdays and saturdays now). My first reading today (I'm not a freak! This story is only 74 pages) the relationship was between a son and his mother. In my defense, kind jury (I really like those shoes! They match your understanding eyes), extramarital affairs aren't that shocking, are t
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Jul 16, 2009
Bill
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This is one of Inoue's first works, one of those that won him the Akutagawa prize and rocketed him to fame. Though less than perfectly done (who has ever done a perfect first novel?), it has a depth that shines through in the first couple of chapters, and peters out by the end.
The story isn't about A Hunting Gun, really, despite the title. The opening is written by a poet who writes a poem called The Hunting Gun, and the man who responds to him in writing because he recognizes himsel More...
The story isn't about A Hunting Gun, really, despite the title. The opening is written by a poet who writes a poem called The Hunting Gun, and the man who responds to him in writing because he recognizes himsel More...
Aug 22, 2009
Veronika
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This short story has complicated storyline, male narrator, other man - main hero, then letter of the three women from his life, but never mind, it is O.K.
But the letters! They are so hysterical, pathetic and silly... These are not women, but fairies, hags or aliens. :o) The first of them is twenty, but I thought at first about her that she is about ten! She has childish behaviour, but with some strange and certainly not female erotica (also, she is virginal "lolita" for male dre More...
But the letters! They are so hysterical, pathetic and silly... These are not women, but fairies, hags or aliens. :o) The first of them is twenty, but I thought at first about her that she is about ten! She has childish behaviour, but with some strange and certainly not female erotica (also, she is virginal "lolita" for male dre More...
Sep 05, 2009
Brian
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This was a beautiful little book that took me by surprise. It is poetry in prose form... touching and sad.
A man is seen walking up a mountain with a pipe in his mouth and a gun strapped across his back. He is seen by the narrator as the personification of loneliness and writes a short poem about him that's published in a hunting magazine. The man recognizes himself in the poem and mails the narrator 3 letters to explain his cloak of emptiness and possibly share his burdens... and the More...
A man is seen walking up a mountain with a pipe in his mouth and a gun strapped across his back. He is seen by the narrator as the personification of loneliness and writes a short poem about him that's published in a hunting magazine. The man recognizes himself in the poem and mails the narrator 3 letters to explain his cloak of emptiness and possibly share his burdens... and the More...
Aug 12, 2011
Gerardo
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La edición en español (Anagrama) sólo tiene 100 páginas. Espacio suficiente para que Yasushi narre una hermosa historia de infidelidad y, sobre todo, desamor. Tres cartas, de tres personas distintas, relatan el mismo suceso. Guárdalo para un día nublado; la leerás en una sentada.
Feb 01, 2012
Jackie
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Beautifully written but I found the correspondence from the three women irritated me. I just couldn't identify with them and found them pale imitations of real people.
Jul 18, 2009
Brs36
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I loved this one. The smallest incidents take on huge meaning. Interesting characters / points of view. A real quick read that goes well between longer reads.
Dec 19, 2008
Winna
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Not my cup of tea. Preferred Banana Yoshimoto.
However, this is quite an exceptional short book, containing 3 love letters addressed to a man.
However, this is quite an exceptional short book, containing 3 love letters addressed to a man.
Sep 07, 2011
Willie the Coyote
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Segreti. Tradimenti. Inganni.
Colpa...Morte...Amore...
Solitudine
Colpa...Morte...Amore...
Solitudine
Jul 22, 2011
C'è qualcosa di trattenuto in queste poche pagine, di detto altrimenti e costruito pacatamente. A tratti, leggendolo, ho pensato alla distribuzione dell'energia nel testo: più che un ascendente climax mi ricorda la struttura di un verso, con i suoi accenti dove batte il ritmo, per spegnersi a conclusione con una turbata pace.
Piccoli turbamenti si spengono in un paesaggio calmo, un uomo, uno strumento, la solitudine. Ma il fucile di Yasushi mi ha colpito solo di striscio, innocuamente. More...
Piccoli turbamenti si spengono in un paesaggio calmo, un uomo, uno strumento, la solitudine. Ma il fucile di Yasushi mi ha colpito solo di striscio, innocuamente. More...
Jul 22, 2011
Mona
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Inoue-san has a very good way in delivering this love affair story. He begun the story by putting himself as the main character who received three letters (if I am not mistaken) from three people who involved in one love affair.
By reading the letters, Inoue-san drives us to think that those three are the main characters. But, in the end, he came again as the central of story.
I fell in love with how the writer involved himself in this story. :D
By reading the letters, Inoue-san drives us to think that those three are the main characters. But, in the end, he came again as the central of story.
I fell in love with how the writer involved himself in this story. :D
May 26, 2008
Santh
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nemu ni buku pas pameran buku kemaren, tertimbun oleh banyak buku lainnya yg digelar begitu saja di karpet, so musti duduk n aduk-aduk smua, hehehe
covernya berjudul Bedil Perburuan, dan juga ada tiga wanita berkimono plus satu orang laki-laki di target penembakan.
bercerita tentang seorang laki-laki dan 3 orang perempuan pada masa pasca perang dunia II. tentang perselingkuhan, kesendirian, kesepian.
covernya berjudul Bedil Perburuan, dan juga ada tiga wanita berkimono plus satu orang laki-laki di target penembakan.
bercerita tentang seorang laki-laki dan 3 orang perempuan pada masa pasca perang dunia II. tentang perselingkuhan, kesendirian, kesepian.
Dec 08, 2008
an
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ide na original.
ttg org" yg ksepian. istri, anak wanita simpanan, bahkan si wanita simpanan sendiri, yg mrasa dpt limpahan cinta tapi menunggu cinta yg laen.
melow...
ringkas tapi, hny 3 bab yg msg" na brupa surat dr tiap" wanita kesepian tadi.
ttg org" yg ksepian. istri, anak wanita simpanan, bahkan si wanita simpanan sendiri, yg mrasa dpt limpahan cinta tapi menunggu cinta yg laen.
melow...
ringkas tapi, hny 3 bab yg msg" na brupa surat dr tiap" wanita kesepian tadi.
May 17, 2011
Michael
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This short story is well written. I liked the way it's constructed. Events are told from the perspective of 3 women. Each perspective enriches the previous one and the reader put the whole story together.
May 17, 2011
Vanillabricot
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Un petit bijou: une histoire d'amour de cette envergure en si peu de pages, c'est la simplicité de ce livre qui fait sa force.
La quasi-perfection.
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