The Goddess Chronicle

Author(s): Natsuo Kirino

Crime & Mystery

From bestselling author Natsuo Kirino comes a chilling story of retribution and one woman's revenge.

Two sisters, Namima and Kamikuu, born to the family of the oracle, are separated as children. Kamikuu begins her training to become the next oracle, while Namima becomes Priestess of the Night.

The Goddess Chronicle
—a retelling of the ancient Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi—pulls the reader deep into the realm of the undead.

Japanese crime queen Natsuo Kirino's dark, twisted tale is a fantastical, fabulous tour-de-force. It is a dazzling story of sex, death, gods and revenge that will draw the reader in and won't let go until the exhilarating end.


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* Widely reviewed across all major newspapers in Australia and New Zealand including the Age, Sydney Morning Herald and Dominion Post * Widely reviewed in literary publications in Australia and New Zealand such as the NZ Listener and Good Reading * Advertisements in bookseller newsletters and catalogues * Banner advertising on bookseller websites * Social media marketing campaign * Feature title in Text newsletters and website

'A spectacle that includes multiple layers of opposing forces: life and death, love and hate...The author uniquely depicts an unruly mythological world.' Sincho Magazine

'[Kirino] broadens our sense of what modern Japanese fiction can be.' Telegraph (UK)

'Daring and disturbing ... [Kirino is] prepared to push the human limits of this world ... Remarkable' Los Angeles Times

Natsuo Kirino is a leading Japanese writer of hard-boiled crime fiction. She is best known for her 1998 novel, Out, which received the Grand Prix for Crime Fiction, Japan's top mystery award and was a finalist (in translation) for the 2004 Edgar Award. Three other novels, Grotesque, Real World and What Remains have been translated into English.

General Fields

  • : 9781922079084
  • : Text Publishing Co
  • : The Text Publishing Company
  • : 0.26
  • : January 2013
  • : 198mm X 128mm
  • : Australia
  • : February 2013
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Natsuo Kirino
  • : Natsuo Kirino
  • : 256
  • : 256
  • : 895.635
  • : 895.635
  • : en
  • : en
  • : New edition
  • : New edition
  • : Paperback
  • : Paperback