Slow Boat

Zusatztext " Translator David Boyd brings the slight and endearing story into riffing! confessional English."  — The Wall Street Journal "Not only readable but very enjoyable… bound to leave you engrossed in self-questioning." — Japan Society Magazine Informationen zum Autor DAVID BOYD has translated stories by Toh EnJoe, Genichiro Takahashi and Hiroko Oyamada, among others. He holds a Master's degree from the University of Tokyo and is currently a PhD candidate at Princeton University. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Klappentext Originally published as Chugoku yuki no surao baoto RMX in 2003; later published under the title 2002-nen no surao baoto in 2006.A startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel García Márquez: part of our Japanese novella series, showcasing the best contemporary Japanese writing Zusammenfassung A startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel Garcia Marquez: part of our Japanese novella series, showcasing the best contemporary Japanese writing

Product details

• Authors: David Boyd, Hideo Furukawa, Furukawa Hideo
• Assisted by: David Boyd (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781782273288
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-328-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Japanese Novellas; Japanese Novellas
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / World Literature / Japan, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary