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死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド [Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid] #7
The Duke of Death and His Maid Vol. 7
TIME STANDS STILL
On a visit to Cuff and Zain, Alice and the Duke are suddenly scouted by the ringmaster of the circus! The small Circus Gemini needs extra performers for their big show downtown. The Duke learns to juggle and Alice becomes an acrobat, but the real showstopper is Daleth, the head witch. She plans to get Zain's cooperation by any means necessary, and wants to force him to use his secret magical powers. When he rejects her, she sends her underlings to force him to do it by harming Cuff. Will Zain have to use his powers to save her life or will his friend the Duke save the day all on his own...?
On a visit to Cuff and Zain, Alice and the Duke are suddenly scouted by the ringmaster of the circus! The small Circus Gemini needs extra performers for their big show downtown. The Duke learns to juggle and Alice becomes an acrobat, but the real showstopper is Daleth, the head witch. She plans to get Zain's cooperation by any means necessary, and wants to force him to use his secret magical powers. When he rejects her, she sends her underlings to force him to do it by harming Cuff. Will Zain have to use his powers to save her life or will his friend the Duke save the day all on his own...?
176 pages, Paperback
Published July 25, 2023
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Yasushi Inoue
266 books220 followersYasushi Inoue (井上靖) was a Japanese writer whose range of genres included poetry, essays, short fiction, and novels.
Inoue is famous for his serious historical fiction of ancient Japan and the Asian continent, including Wind and Waves, Tun-huang, and Confucius, but his work also included semi-autobiographical novels and short fiction of great humor, pathos, and wisdom like Shirobamba and Asunaro Monogatari, which depicted the setting of the author's own life — Japan of the early to mid twentieth century — in revealing perspective.
1936 Chiba Kameo Prize --- Ruten,流転
1950 Akutagawa Prize --- Tōgyu,闘牛
1957 Ministry of Education Prize for Literature --- The Roof Tile of Tempyo,天平の甍
1959 Mainichi Press Prize --- Tun-huang,敦煌
1963 Yomiuri Prize --- Fūtō,風濤
(from Wikipedia)
Inoue is famous for his serious historical fiction of ancient Japan and the Asian continent, including Wind and Waves, Tun-huang, and Confucius, but his work also included semi-autobiographical novels and short fiction of great humor, pathos, and wisdom like Shirobamba and Asunaro Monogatari, which depicted the setting of the author's own life — Japan of the early to mid twentieth century — in revealing perspective.
1936 Chiba Kameo Prize --- Ruten,流転
1950 Akutagawa Prize --- Tōgyu,闘牛
1957 Ministry of Education Prize for Literature --- The Roof Tile of Tempyo,天平の甍
1959 Mainichi Press Prize --- Tun-huang,敦煌
1963 Yomiuri Prize --- Fūtō,風濤
(from Wikipedia)
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