Plainsong - Brossura

Hosaka, Kazushi

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1564786382 ISBN 13: 9781564786388

Casa editrice: Dalkey Archive Pr, 2011

Riassunto

A nameless, ambitionless office worker finds his small apartment gradually invaded by three other people: all younger than himself, but seemingly no less adrift. The year is 1986, and the strange communal life of this foursome, extending over half a year, from the end of winter to midsummer, makes up the plot, such as it is, of Plainsong, as this ersatz family finds itself growing closer, and life continues—quietly—around them. Part of the generation that grew to prominence following the success of baby boomers like Haruki Murakami, Kazushi Hosaka’s work chronicles the small moments, the moments without conflict, that most novels work to elide. His characters talk, work, exist; their story is one where the tiniest occurrence takes on the proportions of a grand drama.

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Plainsong is Kazushi Hosaka s debut novel. Aside from his well-known love of cats, he is also fond of shogi (Japanese chess) and has written a book analyzing one of the premier players of the game. Paul Warham grew up in Lancashire and moved to Japan before studying at Oxford University and Harvard. The translator of Satoshi Azuchi s Supermarket and Kenzo Kitakata s The Cage, he is currently based in Tokyo.

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• Editore: Dalkey Archive Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1564786382
• ISBN 13: 9781564786388
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 169