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Item Details
Title:
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IN SEARCH OF A DISTANT VOICE
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By: |
Taichi Yamada, Michael Emmerich (Trans) |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£6.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0571229735 |
ISBN 13: |
9780571229734 |
Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
Pub. date: |
5 October, 2006 |
Edition: |
Open Market - Airside ed |
Pages: |
192 |
Description: |
Kasama Tsuneo is an immigration officer in Tokyo, struggling to live a 'normal' life after an event that happened eight years previously, on the other side of the world, in Portland, Oregon. When he is seized one day by a strange emotional fit his life threatens to spiral out of control. |
Synopsis: |
Kasama Tsuneo is an immigration officer in Tokyo, struggling to live a 'normal' life after an event that happened eight years previously, on the other side of the world, in Portland, Oregon. When he is seized one day by a strange emotional fit his life threatens to spiral out of control. With his arranged marriage looming, his problems worsen following the emergence of a strange voice - a woman who is trying to contact him, but without ever quite revealing herself. Imbued with a beautiful, melancholy sense of longing, the story becomes a quest narrative in which Tsuneo desperately chases this woman, and the mystery behind what happened eight years earlier. Exploring ideas of sexuality, guilt and identity, Taichi Yamada once again displays his unique storytelling qualities, and uncanny gift for merging the everyday and the surreal. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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