The night of Baba Yaga
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"Tokyo, 1979. Yoriko Shindo, a workhorse of a woman who has been an outcast her whole life, is kidnapped and dragged to the lair of the Naiki-kai, a branch of the yakuza. After she savagely fends off a throng of henchmen in an attempt to escape, Shindo isonly permitted to live under one condition: that she will become the bodyguard and driver for Shoko Naiki, the obsessively sheltered daughter of the gang's boss. Eighteen-year-old Shoko, pretty and silent as a doll, has no friends, wears strangely old-fashioned clothes, and is completely naive in all matters of life. Originally disdaining her ward, Shindo soon finds herself far more invested in Shoko's well-being than she ever expected. But every man around them is bloodthirsty and trigger-happy. Shindodoubts she and Shoko will survive much longer if nothing changes. Could there ever be a different life for two women like them? Akira Otani's English-language debut moves boldly through time and across gender, stretching the definitions and possibilitiesof each concept. Rendered in a gorgeous translation by International Booker-shortlisted Sam Bett, this lean, mean thriller proves that bonds forged in fire are unbreakable"--
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Ōtani, A., & Bett, S. (2024). The night of Baba Yaga. Soho Crime.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ōtani, Akira, 1981- and Sam Bett. 2024. The Night of Baba Yaga. Soho Crime.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ōtani, Akira, 1981- and Sam Bett, The Night of Baba Yaga. Soho Crime, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ōtani, Akira and Sam Bett. The Night of Baba Yaga. Soho Crime, 2024.
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