Kirino introduces us to Namima and her older sister Kamikuu, the latter of whom is particularly beautiful. The opening of the narrative is both realistic and dreamlike. It wasn't until she was in her thirties that she began to seriously think about becoming a writer, and it wasn't until her forties that she became popular as a writer. Kirino recounts the beauty and terror of a traditional Japanese myth, one reminiscent of Demeter and Persephone. She soon discovered it wasn't right for her and just before her thirtieth birthday she started taking scriptwriting classes. For example, not knowing what she wanted to do in life, Kirino began working at the Iwanami Hall movie theater in her early twenties. She earned a law degree in 1974 from Seikei University, and she dabbled in many fields of work before settling on being a writer. Kirino married in 1975 and had a daughter in 1981. Natsuo Kirino, celebrated author of Out, seamlessly weaves together the stories of these women’s struggles within the conventions and restrictions of Japanese society. Kirino has lived in many different cities, including her current residence, Tokyo. Natsuo Kirino, born in 1951, quickly established a reputation in her own country as one of a rare breed of mystery writer whose work goes well beyond the conventional crime novel. She has two brothers, one who is six years older and one who is five years younger. Natsuo Kirino (born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture) is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction.
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