A startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel Garcia MarquezTrapped in Tokyo,left behind by a series of girlfriends,the narrator of Slow Boat sizes up his situation. His missteps,his violent rebellions,his tiny victories. But he is not a passive loser,content to accept all that fate hands him. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city,holding the only safety net he has known - his dreams.Filled with lyrical longing and humour,Slow Boat captures perfectly the urge to get away and the necessity of finding yourself in a world which might never even be looking for you.
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Publisher: Pushkin PressISBN: 9781782273288Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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Translator David Boyd brings the slight and endearing story into riffing,confessional EnglishThe story is elegant and compressed,an investigation into memory,its faults and the arbitrary markers that we set down to locate ourselves,and to form our perspective on the presentIn this refreshing book,Furukawa proves to be an imaginative and captivating storytellerThe prose in this short novel fizzes.. language is used in startling and unique ways. Even the puns work in translationNot only readable but very enjoyable... bound to leave you engrossed in self-questioning
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