Mr Foreigner - Softcover

Kneale, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753813068 ISBN 13: 9780753813065

Verlag: Phoenix, 2002

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Book by Kneale Matthew

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Daniel Thayne, a young Englishman, finds himself trapped in Tokyo; working illegally in a ramshackle language school, his passport lost, he is hustled towards marriage with Keiko, his Japanese girlfriend.

In MR FOREIGNER Matthew Kneale brilliantly illustrates the profound differences between Western and Eastern cultures. The problems encountered by Daniel when dealing with the Japanese are at the same time both comic and deeply disturbing. Set in a Japan unfamiliar to most of us, this is a marvellous novel from one of our finest contemporary writers.

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Daniel Thayne, a young Englishman, finds himself trapped in Tokyo. His passport lost, he’s working illegally in a ramshackle language school, and his boss refuses to pay his salary. He’s in a dead–end relationship with Keiko, his Japanese girlfriend, whose apartment is packed with stuffed toys. But his troubles are only beginning. As the hot, stormy rainy season descends, Keiko’s family appears on his doorstep, determined to pressure him into marriage with their daughter. Owners of their own mysterious and threatening “company business,” they set about taking over his life. As Daniel resists, or tries to, he will learn a great deal about Japan—and about his own culture. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Prize, Mr Foreigner is the deliciously funny debut of one of Britain’s finest contemporary novelists.

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• Verlag: Phoenix
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0753813068
• ISBN 13: 9780753813065
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160