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Four Seasons in Japan
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vyprodáno |
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Internetová cena:
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259,00 Kč 
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Běžná cena:
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399,00 Kč |
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| Autor: |
Nick Bradley
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| Jazyk: |
anglicky |
| Vazba: |
měkká |
| Počet stran: |
336 |
| Formát: |
15,3 x 23,4 cm |
| ISBN/EAN: |
9780857529350 |
| Nakladatel: |
Doubleday |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Edice: |
Současná beletrie
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Flo is sick of Tokyo. She is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up, and she's in a relationship that's run its course. That's until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a drunken passenger on the Tokyo Subway. She starts to read...
SOUND OF WATER
Kyo has failed his university entrance exams, split up with his girlfriend and is sent by his busy mother to a cram school in Onomichi, a small coastal town where he will stay with his grandmother, Ayako. Ayako is a fierce and strict old lady, who runs a coffee shop in town, is missing fingers, and won't talk about the past, or particularly what Kyo really wants to know: who his father was, and why he died by suicide when Kyo was only two. Following a year in Kyo and Ayako's lives, through the changing seasons in rural Japan, Sound of Water is an intergenerational story of family, relationships, creativity and how we overcome and live with failure in life.
...quickly, Flo realises that she needs to venture outside the pages of the book to track down its elusive author. And, as her two protagonists reveal themselves to have more in common with her life than first meets the eye, the lines between text and translator converge. Her journey is just beginning. Review Surprisingly moving ... This is a novel that occupies multiple worlds in multiple ways ... a postmodern riddle while also making for an emotionally engaging story ... there's something here for everyone. ― The Times
Bradley builds a poignant, quiet and affecting novel full of love as well as loss. ― Observer
Transportive, mesmerising and beautiful, there is such a poignancy and tenderness to the story . . . written with lyrical prose that is emotive and warm. Every book worm would love this. ― Glamour
Heartwarming ― Cosmopolitan
A soulful story about Japanese culture, tradition and resilience ― Woman's Weekly About the Author Nick Bradley holds a PhD from UEA focussing on the figure of the cat in Japanese literature. He lived in Japan for many years where he worked as a translator, and currently teaches on the Creative Writing master's programme at the University of Cambridge. His debut novel, The Cat and The City, was published in 2020.
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