Author: El Torres
Publisher: Europe Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Alan ends his rather unhealthy relationship with Masami who doesn't take it very well. In Aokigahara, Ryoko recovers another suicide victim's body along with his skeptical work partner who does not believe the legends of this forest.
The Suicide Forest #1
Author: El Torres
Publisher: Europe Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Alan ends his rather unhealthy relationship with Masami who doesn't take it very well. In Aokigahara, Ryoko recovers another suicide victim's body along with his skeptical work partner who does not believe the legends of this forest.
Publisher: Europe Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Alan ends his rather unhealthy relationship with Masami who doesn't take it very well. In Aokigahara, Ryoko recovers another suicide victim's body along with his skeptical work partner who does not believe the legends of this forest.
Suicide Forest
Author: Jeremy Bates
Publisher: Ghillinnein Books
ISBN: 9780993764622
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Just outside of Tokyo lies Aokigahara, a vast forest and one of the most beautiful wilderness areas in Japan...and also the most infamous spot to commit suicide in the world. Legend has it that the spirits of those many suicides are still roaming, haunting deep in the ancient woods. When bad weather prevents a group of friends from climbing neighboring Mt. Fuji, they decide to spend the night camping in Aokigahara. But they get more than they bargained for when one of them is found hanged in the morning-and they realize there might be some truth to the legends after all.
Publisher: Ghillinnein Books
ISBN: 9780993764622
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Just outside of Tokyo lies Aokigahara, a vast forest and one of the most beautiful wilderness areas in Japan...and also the most infamous spot to commit suicide in the world. Legend has it that the spirits of those many suicides are still roaming, haunting deep in the ancient woods. When bad weather prevents a group of friends from climbing neighboring Mt. Fuji, they decide to spend the night camping in Aokigahara. But they get more than they bargained for when one of them is found hanged in the morning-and they realize there might be some truth to the legends after all.
Aokigahara
Author: Tara A. Devlin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781690963448
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
What really lies in the forest's depths? Aokigahara is a mystery. Born out of an explosion, its roots twist and turn, the dense trees seeming to swallow anything that enters it whole. In recent years it has gained renown as a "suicide forest," but it wasn't always this way. Aokigahara: The Truth Behind Japan's Suicide Forest is fully researched from Japanese sources and looks at the history of the Sea of Trees, how it came to be, and why it became known worldwide as a popular suicide spot. It looks at why people choose the forest, the procedures the police follow when a body is discovered, and how the government is trying to turn its current image on its head. Delve into the truth behind many of the forests terrifying legends, and discover why Aokigahara isn't just a "suicide forest," but an important part of Japan's spiritual and cultural history. Get ready to enter the Sea of Trees and uncover the real truth hiding in its dark depths.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781690963448
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
What really lies in the forest's depths? Aokigahara is a mystery. Born out of an explosion, its roots twist and turn, the dense trees seeming to swallow anything that enters it whole. In recent years it has gained renown as a "suicide forest," but it wasn't always this way. Aokigahara: The Truth Behind Japan's Suicide Forest is fully researched from Japanese sources and looks at the history of the Sea of Trees, how it came to be, and why it became known worldwide as a popular suicide spot. It looks at why people choose the forest, the procedures the police follow when a body is discovered, and how the government is trying to turn its current image on its head. Delve into the truth behind many of the forests terrifying legends, and discover why Aokigahara isn't just a "suicide forest," but an important part of Japan's spiritual and cultural history. Get ready to enter the Sea of Trees and uncover the real truth hiding in its dark depths.
Suicide Forest
Author: Kristine Haruna Lee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997866476
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written to be performed by a Japanese heritage cast, Suicide Forest is a bilingual play that breaks through the silence and submissiveness often associated with Japanese and Japanese American identity, exploring questions of emotional, psychic and social suicide through the playwright's lived stories and inner landscape.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997866476
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written to be performed by a Japanese heritage cast, Suicide Forest is a bilingual play that breaks through the silence and submissiveness often associated with Japanese and Japanese American identity, exploring questions of emotional, psychic and social suicide through the playwright's lived stories and inner landscape.
Cartoons in the Suicide Forest
Author: Leza Cantoral
Publisher: Bizarro Pulp Press
ISBN: 9781945373442
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
"Lyrical and perverse, like a prostitute on acid in a poetry slam, this collection of the dark, erotic, and bizarre stories flirt with the heroin fever dreams of William Burroughs and the horrific surrealism of Charlee Jacobs." -- Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Bizarro Pulp Press
ISBN: 9781945373442
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
"Lyrical and perverse, like a prostitute on acid in a poetry slam, this collection of the dark, erotic, and bizarre stories flirt with the heroin fever dreams of William Burroughs and the horrific surrealism of Charlee Jacobs." -- Provided by publisher.
The Complete Manual of Suicide
Author: Wataru Wataru Tsurumi
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781790106028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
When all the joy in life is over, when simply waiting for an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one. This book covers the practicalities of implementing a quick, easy and painless suicide, and where to obtain the necessary equipment.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781790106028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
When all the joy in life is over, when simply waiting for an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in place of a slow and horrible one. This book covers the practicalities of implementing a quick, easy and painless suicide, and where to obtain the necessary equipment.
The Light in the Forest
Author: Conrad Richter
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400077885
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
An adventurous story of a frontier boy raised by Indians, The Light in the Forest is a beloved American classic. When John Cameron Butler was a child, he was captured in a raid on the Pennsylvania frontier and adopted by the great warrrior Cuyloga. Renamed True Son, he came to think of himself as fully Indian. But eleven years later his tribe, the Lenni Lenape, has signed a treaty with the white men and agreed to return their captives, including fifteen-year-old True Son. Now he must go back to the family he has forgotten, whose language is no longer his, and whose ways of dress and behavior are as strange to him as the ways of the forest are to them.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400077885
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
An adventurous story of a frontier boy raised by Indians, The Light in the Forest is a beloved American classic. When John Cameron Butler was a child, he was captured in a raid on the Pennsylvania frontier and adopted by the great warrrior Cuyloga. Renamed True Son, he came to think of himself as fully Indian. But eleven years later his tribe, the Lenni Lenape, has signed a treaty with the white men and agreed to return their captives, including fifteen-year-old True Son. Now he must go back to the family he has forgotten, whose language is no longer his, and whose ways of dress and behavior are as strange to him as the ways of the forest are to them.
Sea of Trees
Author: Robert James Russell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985154851
Category : Haunted places
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Swirling mystery permeates Sea of Trees as Bill, an American college student, and his Japanese girlfriend Junko traverse the Aokigahara Forest in Japan-infamous as one of the world's top suicide destinations-in search of evidence of Junko's sister Izumi who disappeared there a year previous. As the two follow clues and journey deeper into the woods amid the eerily quiet and hauntingly beautiful landscape-bypassing tokens and remains of the departed, suicide notes tacked to trees and shrines put up by forlorn loved ones-they'll depend on one another in ways they never had to before, testing the very fabric of their relationship. And, as daylight quickly escapes them and they find themselves lost in the dark veil of night, Bill discovers a truth Junko has hidden deep within her-a truth that will change them both forever.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985154851
Category : Haunted places
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Swirling mystery permeates Sea of Trees as Bill, an American college student, and his Japanese girlfriend Junko traverse the Aokigahara Forest in Japan-infamous as one of the world's top suicide destinations-in search of evidence of Junko's sister Izumi who disappeared there a year previous. As the two follow clues and journey deeper into the woods amid the eerily quiet and hauntingly beautiful landscape-bypassing tokens and remains of the departed, suicide notes tacked to trees and shrines put up by forlorn loved ones-they'll depend on one another in ways they never had to before, testing the very fabric of their relationship. And, as daylight quickly escapes them and they find themselves lost in the dark veil of night, Bill discovers a truth Junko has hidden deep within her-a truth that will change them both forever.
Norwegian Wood
Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307762718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, “a masterly novel” (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love. Now with a new introduction by the author. Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman. Stunning and elegiac, Norwegian Wood first propelled Haruki Murakami into the forefront of the literary scene.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307762718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, “a masterly novel” (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love. Now with a new introduction by the author. Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman. Stunning and elegiac, Norwegian Wood first propelled Haruki Murakami into the forefront of the literary scene.
The Forest of Stolen Girls
Author: June Hur
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 125022957X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Suspenseful and richly atmospheric, June Hur's The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting historical mystery sure to keep readers guessing until the last page. 1426, Joseon (Korea). Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest near a gruesome crime scene. Years later, Detective Min—Hwani's father—learns that thirteen girls have recently disappeared from the same forest that nearly stole his daughters. He travels to their hometown on the island of Jeju to investigate... only to vanish as well. Determined to find her father and solve the case that tore their family apart, Hwani returns home to pick up the trail. As she digs into the secrets of the small village—and collides with her now estranged sister, Maewol—Hwani comes to realize that the answer could lie within her own buried memories of what happened in the forest all those years ago. Praise for The Forest of Stolen Girls: A Junior Library Guild Selection A 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection A 2022 White Pine Award Nominee A 2022 ALA Rise Selection A 2022 CCBC Choices Selection "The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting, breathtaking tale that will have readers on the edge of their seats. ... Hur is an absolute master of mystery, and I will be reading her gorgeous books for years to come." —Adalyn Grace, New York Times-bestselling author of All the Stars and Teeth "Rich, exquisite, and deeply atmospheric, The Forest of Stolen Girls draws the reader in from the very first page and doesn't let go. A dark and utterly engrossing mystery, beautifully drawn from start to finish." —Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times-bestselling author of Girl in Pieces "Haunting and lyrical. Beware, this tale will draw you deeper into the forest than you want to go." —Stacey Lee, award-winning author of The Downstairs Girl "A brilliant historical fiction mystery that is suspenseful, gorgeous and absolutely riveting! Hur brings Jeju Island during the early Joseon period completely to life in a rich, evocative manner that reminds me of watching my favorite historical Kdrama.” —Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy series
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 125022957X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Suspenseful and richly atmospheric, June Hur's The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting historical mystery sure to keep readers guessing until the last page. 1426, Joseon (Korea). Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest near a gruesome crime scene. Years later, Detective Min—Hwani's father—learns that thirteen girls have recently disappeared from the same forest that nearly stole his daughters. He travels to their hometown on the island of Jeju to investigate... only to vanish as well. Determined to find her father and solve the case that tore their family apart, Hwani returns home to pick up the trail. As she digs into the secrets of the small village—and collides with her now estranged sister, Maewol—Hwani comes to realize that the answer could lie within her own buried memories of what happened in the forest all those years ago. Praise for The Forest of Stolen Girls: A Junior Library Guild Selection A 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection A 2022 White Pine Award Nominee A 2022 ALA Rise Selection A 2022 CCBC Choices Selection "The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting, breathtaking tale that will have readers on the edge of their seats. ... Hur is an absolute master of mystery, and I will be reading her gorgeous books for years to come." —Adalyn Grace, New York Times-bestselling author of All the Stars and Teeth "Rich, exquisite, and deeply atmospheric, The Forest of Stolen Girls draws the reader in from the very first page and doesn't let go. A dark and utterly engrossing mystery, beautifully drawn from start to finish." —Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times-bestselling author of Girl in Pieces "Haunting and lyrical. Beware, this tale will draw you deeper into the forest than you want to go." —Stacey Lee, award-winning author of The Downstairs Girl "A brilliant historical fiction mystery that is suspenseful, gorgeous and absolutely riveting! Hur brings Jeju Island during the early Joseon period completely to life in a rich, evocative manner that reminds me of watching my favorite historical Kdrama.” —Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy series