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   Oct 8, 2004 · Naoko and her young daughter Monami are one of the few to survive a horrific bus crash. But Naoko is fatally injured, and Monami is in a brain-damage-induced coma. When Naoko dies, Monami magically reawakens – only her consciousness is Naoko’s. Got that so far? That’s just the first 20 pages.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Naoko_(novel)Naoko (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Naoko is a novel by Keigo Higashino. The original title is Himitsu (秘密, Secret). The novel won the 52nd Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel. The story centers on a man whose wife and daughter are in a terrible accident; the wife dies, but when the daughter wakes up, he discovers his wife's mind inside.

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   Sep 1, 1998 · Naoko, a major bestseller and film in Japan, is a poignant and wily take on gender relations from a master of the detective story. Expertly and seamlessly interweaving the real and the unreal, Naoko involves a regular guy whose world is rocked when his wife dies in a bus accident.

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4. www.librarything.com › work › 398073Naoko by Keigo Higashino - LibraryThing

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   Wikipedia in English (1) Naoko (novel) Book descriptions. Detective story writer and winner of the prestigious Japan Mystery Writers Association Award, Higashino has created in Naoko a surreal story of a man whose dead wife's soul seems to have taken up residence in his daughter.

5. japaneseliteratureinenglish.com › translated-booksNaoko – japanese literature in english

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   Expertly interweaving the real and the unreal, Naoko involves a working man, Heisuke, whose wife dies in a bus accident. His young daughter survives, but seems to be inhabited by her mother’s personality.

   • genre: Fiction
   • notes: Japanese title: Himitsu.

   • japanese title: Himitsu
   • subjects: Fathers and daughtersMothers and daughters

6. www.fantasticfiction.com › h › keigo-higashinoNaoko by Keigo Higashino - Fantastic Fiction

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   Winner of the Japan Mystery Writers Award, Naoko is a black comedy of hidden minds and lives. Navigating the interstices between the real and the unreal with perfect plot twists, this page-turner is also a critique of gender relations by a male Japanese writer, one of their best-sellng.

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   Is Naoko a true story?

   • Naoko, a major bestseller and film in Japan, is a poignant and wily take on gender relations from a master of the detective story. Expertly and seamlessly interweaving the real and the unreal, Naoko involves a regular guy whose world is rocked when his wife dies in a bus accident.

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   What happens when Naoko dies?

   • Naoko and her young daughter Monami are one of the few to survive a horrific bus crash. But Naoko is fatally injured, and Monami is in a brain-damage-induced coma. When Naoko dies, Monami magically reawakens – only her consciousness is Naoko’s. Got that so far? That’s just the first 20 pages.

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   Does Naoko have a 12-year-old daughter?

   • Naoko was happily married and her husband, Heisuke, is devastated. When the girl comes out of a coma, her mother's consciousness has transferred itself into her brain. So the husband finds that he has a 12-year-old daughter who has all the memories and the intelligence of his mid-30s wife.

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   What happens at the end of Naoko & Monami?

   • The looming question at the end of this fantastical novel is: “Is she or isn’t she?” Naoko and her young daughter Monami are one of the few to survive a horrific bus crash. But Naoko is fatally injured, and Monami is in a brain-damage-induced coma. When Naoko dies, Monami magically reawakens – only her consciousness is Naoko’s.

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   Was Naoko a doozy?

   • Naoko, man, was she a doozy. She was the typical housewife but being in Monami's body changed the game. She got a do-over and she took advantage of it. As soon as she saw she couldn't be Heisuke's wife anymore, she became his daughter. She excelled in school and sports with the goal of going into medical school which she wound up doing.

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   What happens when Naoko dies in Higashino?

   • As Naoko passes away in front of him, Monami begins to stir. "Darling, here. I'm here". With that simple sentence, Higashino takes what was shaping up as a fairly ordinary drama, and gives it a huge twist. Heisuke realises that Naoko has somehow taken over Monami's body, and that it is Monami who has effectively died, not his wife.

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8. www.researchgate.net › publication › 329953331_The(PDF) The Track of “Living” in “Naoko” - ResearchGate

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   Jan 1, 2018 · Naoko exists, or the Showa era in which Tatsuo Hori lived. No matter how cruel the reality is, people still have the good expectations of pursuing a new life.