Slow Boat
Hideo Furukawa author David Boyd translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Published:30th Mar '17
£9.99
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A startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel Garcia Marquez 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.
" 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
ISBN: 9781782273288
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
128 pages