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Hell
Main entry-name Tsutsui, Yasutaka, 1934- Title statement Hell / Yasutaka Tsutsui ; translated by Evan Emswiler Issue data Richmond : Alma Books, c2007 Phys.des. 190 s. ; 21 cm ISBN 978-1-84688-037-7 Annotation Fifty-seven-year-old Takeshi has just been involved in a traffic accident. When he wakes up, he is in a strange bar and is no longer crippled as he has been for most of his life, but able to walk without crutches in his everyday business suit. Looking around, he sees a number of familiar faces—Izumi, a colleague who had died in a plane crash five years before; his childhood friend Yuzo, who had become a yakuza and had been killed by a rival gang member; and Sasaki, who had frozen to death as a homeless vagrant. This is Hell—a place where three days last as long as 10 years on earth, and people are able to see events in both the future and the past. Yuzo can now see the yakuza that killed him as he harasses a friend of his. The actress Mayumi and the writer Torigai are chased by the paparazzi into an elevator that drops to floor 666 beneath ground level. The vivid depiction of afterlife portrayed in Hell admits the traditional horrors, but subjects them to Tsutsui’s unique powers of enchantment—witty, amusing, and praised for its poetic style and the wizard-like light touch of the author’s shifting focus. Zdroj anotace: Web obalkyknih.cz Subj. Headings cizojazyčné dokumenty - romány - angličtina Form, Genre japonské romány Form, Genre horory (romány) Conspect 821.521 - Japonská literatura systematics 087=1/=9 * 028.42 * (0:82-312.4) * 821-312.4 * 821.521-31 Catal.org. KKD Vyškov Country United Kingdom Language English Database Books 
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