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Title: Strange Weather in Tokyo
Condition: New
EAN: 9781783785797
ISBN: 9781783785797
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 06/08/2020
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Width: 13mm
Item Weight: 162g
Author: Hiromi Kawakami
Translator: Allison Markin Powell
Contributor: Allison Markin Powell (Translated by)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1783785799
Description: A tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance.'Enchanting, moving and funny in equal measure, this compelling love story is expertly crafted against a backdrop of modern Japanese culture' StylistTsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love. Strange Weather in Tokyo is perfectly constructed, warmly funny and deeply moving. This edition contains the bonus story, 'Parade', which imagines an ordinary day in the lives of this unusual couple. 'A dream-like spell of a novel, full of humour, sadness, warmth and tremendous subtlety. I read this in one sitting and I think it will haunt me for a long time' Amy Sackville 'Kawakami transforms an affecting cross-generational romance into an exquisite poem of time and mutability... Delicate and haunting' Independent
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Fiction
Release Year: 2020

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