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In Search of a Distant Voice

Paperback

Main Details

Title In Search of a Distant Voice
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Taichi Yamada
Translated by Michael Emmerich
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 177,Width 111
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780571229734
Audience
General
Edition Open Market - Airside ed

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 5 October 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Kasama Tsuneo is an immigration officer in Tokyo, struggling to live a 'normal' life after an event that happened eight years previously, on the other side of the world, in Portland, Oregon. When he is seized one day by a strange emotional fit his life threatens to spiral out of control. With his arranged marriage looming, his problems worsen following the emergence of a strange voice - a woman who is trying to contact him, but without ever quite revealing herself. Imbued with a beautiful, melancholy sense of longing, the story becomes a quest narrative in which Tsuneo desperately chases this woman, and the mystery behind what happened eight years earlier. Exploring ideas of sexuality, guilt and identity, Taichi Yamada once again displays his unique storytelling qualities, and uncanny gift for merging the everyday and the surreal.

Author Biography

Taichi Yamada worked at the world-renowned Shochiku film studios until he set out on a highly successful career as a freelance scriptwriter and novelist. Winner of the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize for the best human-interest novel, Strangers is his English-language debut.

Reviews

"'Yamada is among the best Japanese writers I have read'. Bret Easton Ellis 'Highly recommended'. David Mitchell"