Women Crime Writers

[Steven Koteff]

The Kirino book is really good. Chris Abani (a Nigerian-born writer some of
you guys might know; I believe he teaches at Northwestern now) taught a
class that I took in like 2008 that focused on grotesque realism and some
other Bakhtinian stuff. *Out *was one of the books he had us read (along
with *Troll: A Love Story *by Johanna Sinisalo, *The Dream of a Beast *by
Neil Jordan, *Stick Out Your Tongue *by Ma Jian, *Butterfly Burning *by
Yvonne Vera, and a few others I would have to look up [and can if anyone is
interested]).

I was pretty young when I read it (~18) so am skeptical of my takeaway for
that reason, but I remember it being very fast, a page-turner that is very
sharp and deliberately very gritty and unsentimental. But at the same time
emotionally smart in subtle ways.

It's about--if I remember correctly--a working class woman in Japan who
works nights at a factory, along with several other women. Many of them, I
believe, seem to have had an abusive or negligent male who figures
prominently in their lives, past and present. The main character strangles
her husband to death after he gambles away all their money. The other main
characters are women she is friends with at the factory, and they all sort
of band together to help her dispose of the body and get away with it.

It's a great book. Dark, fun, sad, propulsive. Though I don't read much
crime genre stuff generally so I don't know how a crime fan would think of
it from that perspective.

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 1:01 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Has anyone read Out, by Natsuo Kirino? Highly recommend!
>
> http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25365.Out
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsuo_Kirino
>
> And to all: a happy good riddance to 2015!
>
> Laura
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Becky Lindroos
> >Sent: Dec 31, 2015 11:40 AM
> >To: ish mailian
> >Cc: pynchon -l
> >Subject: Re: Women Crime Writers
> >
> >Wow - thanks Ish - I’ve read both books - "Gone Girl" and "Girl on the
> Train" (and Woman in White for that matter).  I can’t really say which I
> enjoyed more -  "Gone Girl" is more twisty and surprising while "Girl on
> the Train” is more literary (I suppose - more interesting structure and
> character development,  great atmosphere,  what the reviewer said.)
> >
> >I’ve read other crime fiction focusing on women’s domestic scenes and
> issues -   "Elizabeth is Missing” by Emma Healey  was pretty good this past
> year (dementia)  as well as "Big, Little Lies” by Liane Moriarty from last
> year.  There are others - “Trespass” by Rose Tremain might fit this
> category.  The crimes are a bit different, the motives are different - I
> enjoy the well written ones,  not those written for the sensational impact.
> >
> >The author is totally right about the True Crime genre (real life)
> influencing the fiction (just to add to that thread).
> >
> >Bek
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Dec 30, 2015, at 4:53 AM, ish mailian  wrote:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/29/crime-fiction-gone-girl-on-the-train-2015
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 5:57 AM, ish mailian  wrote:
> >>
> https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/1099-_women-crime-writers_-dolores-hitchens-resurgence-continues-with-four-new-e-books
> >>
> >>
> https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/1097-loas-_women-crime-writers_-goes-to-the-movies-with-week-long-new-york-city-series
> >>
> >> http://blog.loa.org/2015/08/sarah-weinman-women-crime-writers.html
> >>
> >
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