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A gorgeously crafted book within a book about literature, identity and what it is to belong by the much-loved author of The Cat and The City.
Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up and she's in a relationship that's run its course. That's until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a fellow passenger on the Tokyo Subway. From the very first page, Flo is transformed and immediately feels compelled to translate this forgotten novel, a decision which sets her on a path that will change her life...
It is a story about Ayako, a fierce and strict old woman who runs a coffee shop in the small town of Onomichi, where she has just taken guardianship of her grandson, Kyo. Haunted by long-buried family tragedy, both have suffered extreme loss and feel unable to open up to each other. As Flo follows the characters across a year in rural Japan, through the ups and downs of the pair's burgeoning relationship, she quickly realises that she needs to venture outside the pages of the book to track down its elusive author. And, as her two protagonists reveal themselves to have more in common with her life than first meets the eye, the lines between text and translator converge. The journey is just beginning.
From the author of The Cat and The City, Four Seasons in Japan is a gorgeously crafted book-within-a-book about literature, purpose and what it is to belong.
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Hinterland 2020 - Autumn (Paperback)
Andrew Kenrick, Freya Dean; Cover design or artwork by Tom Hutchings; Heather Martin, Lee Child, …
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R257
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 'A love letter to Japan and its
literature' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan 'Ingenious... Touching,
surprising and sometimes heartbreaking' Guardian 'An ideal tonic
for anyone craving far-flung adventure' Mail on Sunday 'If you're
itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell...try this' The Times
_______________ In Tokyo - one of the world's largest megacities -
a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with
each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives
of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways. But the
city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where
she chances upon a series of apparent strangers - from a homeless
man squatting in an abandoned hotel, to a shut-in hermit afraid to
leave his house, to a convenience store worker searching for love.
The cat orbits Tokyo's denizens, drawing them ever closer.
'Masterfully weaves together seemingly disparate threads to conjure
up a vivid tapestry of Tokyo; its glory, its shame, its characters,
and a calico cat.' David Peace, author of THE TOKYO TRILOGY One of
the Independent's best debuts Longlisted for the DUBLIN LITERARY
AWARD, 2021
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