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Slow Boat
Paperback
Series: Japanese Novellas
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $15.95
ISBN13: 9781805331414
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: Jul 16 2024
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.05 Depth: 7.75
Language: English
A startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
Trapped 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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