![]() ![]() Previous stars include Keigo Higashino-author of brilliantly deceptive literary thrillers such as Malice-as well as Natsuo Kirino, Fuminori Nakamura and Hideo Yokoyama, among others whose work has also been translated into English. With only her second translated novel, Minato joins the growing list of Japanese thriller writers discovered by the rest of the world. Meanwhile, the novel shape-shifts and alters perspective, replaying the fateful events through the prisms of several narrators to create a work of pure genius. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. Yuka, who felt bullied by Emily, ends up an adulteress and a shoplifter. Penance By: Kanae Minato Narrated by: Karissa Vacker Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins 4.1 (111 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. The tomboyish Akiko, secretly impressed by Emily's precocious Barbie feminism, subconsciously decides never to grow up, but sinister circumstances envelop her immediate family. ![]() Maki is burdened by her own guilt - she was supposed to have been the mature one but acted like a coward and does her penance by killing a confused madman. ![]() As an adult, she is romantically drawn to a pervert who wants to turn her into a porcelain puppet. Sae suffers such profound psychological trauma from having seen the blood between Emily's legs that she never begins to menstruate. ![]()
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