The Bear And The Paving Stone: 5 (Japanese Novellas) - Softcover

Horie, Toshiyuki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782274375 ISBN 13: 9781782274377

Verlag: Pushkin Press, 2018

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Críticas:

"Horie weaves fables out of everyday existence in these three captivating tales of relationships and lives revisited . . . Across these ruminative stories, Horie suddenly drops in moments of piercing wisdom and revelation, revealing that, for better or worse, there is no escape from one's memory. -- Publishers Weekly "A gentle, stirring novella of history and memory that simmers with raw emotional ferocity. . . Horie uses descriptive imagery in a distanced narrative style. His characters maintain an inner strength and Zen-like independence that wavers under the emotional weight of shared memories, which merge in unexpected ways to convey a yearning for deeper connections. The Bear and the Paving Stone adds to the bold collection of contemporary Japanese literature published by Pushkin Press." -- Shelf Awareness "It is a rather beautiful, very funny, often bitter or sadly gentle book that will entice and satisfy while leaving one thirsting for more." -- Bookanista "Whimsical stories, celebrating, language, friendship and life." -- Japan Times

Reseña del editor:

Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, three dream-like tales of memory and war Visiting a friend in the French countryside, a man finds himself cast into the quandaries of historical whim, religious identity, and seeing without sight; a walk along the seashore, upon the anniversary of a death, becomes a reverie on building sandcastles; and an innocent break-in at the ruins of an archbishop's residence takes a turn towards disaster. In three stories that prove the unavoidable connections of our past, Toshiyuki Horie creates a haunting world of dreams and memories where everyone ends up where they began - whether they want to or not.

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• Verlag: Pushkin Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1782274375
• ISBN 13: 9781782274377
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1