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Natsuo Kirino

Born

in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

October 07, 1951

Website

http://www.kirino-natsuo.com/index.html

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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NATSUO KIRINO (桐野夏生), born in 1951 in Kanazawa (Ishikawa Prefecture) was an active and spirited child brought up between her two brothers, one being six years older and the other five years younger than her. Kirino's father, being an architect, took the family to many cities, and Kirino spent her youth in Sendai, Sapporo, and finally settled in Tokyo when she was fourteen, which is where she has been residing since. Kirino showed glimpses of her talent as a writer in her early stages—she was a child with great deal of curiosity, and also a child who could completely immerse herself in her own unique world of imagination.

After completing her law degree, Kirino worked in various fields before becoming a fictional writer; including scheduling ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 83,764 ratings · 10,330 reviews · 90 distinct works • Similar authors

	Out 3.94 avg rating — 50,507 ratings — published 1997 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino, Rebecca Copeland (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 14,573 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Real World 3.41 avg rating — 9,107 ratings — published 2003 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Goddess Chronicle by Natsuo Kirino, Rebecca Copeland (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.73 avg rating — 3,718 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swallows by Natsuo Kirino, Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda (Translator) 3.53 avg rating — 1,629 ratings — published 2022 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Una storia crudele by Natsuo Kirino, Gianluca Coci (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 1,250 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disparitions 3.78 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pioggia sul viso by Natsuo Kirino, Gianluca Coci (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 1993 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'isola dei naufraghi by Natsuo Kirino, Gianluca Coci (Translator) 3.23 avg rating — 471 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In 3.25 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“For a girl, appearance can be a powerful form of oppression. No matter how intelligent a girl may be, no matter her many talents, these attributes are not easily discerned. Brains and talent will never stand up against a girl who is clearly physically attractive.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Grotesque

133 likes

“In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Grotesque

tags: decay, grotesque, women

125 likes

“It wasn't so much that I was afraid of the place itself, but I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

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October 2015 New School Classics Group Read

1934, Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers, 209 pages

26 votes, 19.3%

1982, Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally, 429 pages

24 votes, 17.8%

1981, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, 647 pages

16 votes, 11.9%

1931, The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, 418 pages

9 votes, 6.7%

1997, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, 340 pages

9 votes, 6.7%

1914, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, 329 pages

9 votes, 6.7%

1958, Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene, 220 pages

8 votes, 5.9%

1997, American Pastoral by Philip Roth, 432 pages

7 votes, 5.2%

1971, Maurice by E.M. Forster, 256 pages

6 votes, 4.4%

1939, Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, 243 pages

5 votes, 3.7%

1997, Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, 449 pages

3 votes, 2.2%

1976, Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley, 729 pages

3 votes, 2.2%

1972, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, 165 pages

3 votes, 2.2%

1957, The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino, 217 pages

3 votes, 2.2%

1943, The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 530 pages

2 votes, 1.5%

1963, Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar, 564 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1905, The Petty Demon by Fyodor Sologub, 352 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

1997, Out by Natsuo Kirino, 400 pages

0 votes, 0.0%

135 total votes

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