A moving,thoughtful story of long-lost love and second chancesGrowing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan,it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto,also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons listening to her father's record collection. But when his family moved away,the two lost touch. Now Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting,he has found happiness with his loving wife and two daughters,and success running a jazz bar. Then Shimamoto reappears. She is beautiful,intense,enveloped in mystery. Hajime is catapulted into the past,putting at risk all he has in the present.'Casablanca remade Japanese style...It is dream-like writing,laden with scenes which have the radiance of a poem'The Times
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099448570Number of pages: 192Weight: 140 gDimensions: 195 x 130 x 10 mm
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A story of love in a cool climate,intensely romantic and weepily beautiful...it is startlingly different: a true originalCasablanca remade Japanese style...It is dream-like writing,laden with scenes which have the radiance of a poemThis wise and beautiful book is full of hidden truthsThis book aches...an eloquent treatise on the vertiginous,irrational powers of love and desireImpressively written and structured... Above all,the novel is memorable for its unflinchingly extreme treatment of romantic love
Haruki Murakami
Japan's best-known novelist abroad and the author of many novels as well as short stories and non-fiction,includingThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,Kafka on the Shore,After Dark,1Q84,What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningandColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
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