FICTION

Last Winter, We Parted

by Fuminori Nakamura
Soho. 2014. 224p. tr. from Japanese by Allison Markin Powell. ISBN 9781616954550. $25; ebk. ISBN 9781616954567. F
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In Nakamura's new novel (after The Thief), a young writer is asked to write the biography of a death row inmate who had burned two women alive, hoping to capture their fleeting essence in the flames. The book's dark, creepy aspect and twist at the end come as no surprise, as The Thief was a finalist for the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller. But it also won Japan's prestigious Kenzaburo- O-e Prize, so the fluid language, sophisticated structure, and reflections on how we know what we know don't surprise, either. Chilling.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Dec 01, 2014
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