Mokusei! by Cees Nooteboom
Two men talk in Tokyo. One, a Belgian, is a diplomat. The other, Dutch, is a photographer. What, they wonder, is the real face of Japan? How can they get beyond the European idea of the nation and its people with its exoticism and see Japan as it truly is? The Belgian has an idea: he helps the photographer find a model to shoot in front of Mount Fuji as the "typical Japanese." The plan works better than either had imagined in fact, it works too well: the photographer falls in love, neglects his friend and his career, and, feeling out of place and disillusioned in Holland, returns to Japan as often as possible over the next five years. A reunion is planned: the three will meet again at Mount Fuji. Time, it seems, has stood still ...except the woman has a secret, and plans of her own. This moving novel of obsession and difference is the latest masterwork from one of the greatest European writers working today, redolent with the power of desire and alive to the limits of our understanding of others.-
The Flying Mountain
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War Diary
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Intelligence Is the Art of Remaining Faithful under Shifting Circumstances
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Holderlin
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'I'
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Sebastian Dreaming
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The Jew Car
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Air Raid
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Monsters Like Us
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Gone But Not Forgotten
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The Village Indian
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The Silences of Hammerstein
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Kazimira
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Myself, Four Times
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Without Model
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The Idiots
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fleurs
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‘We Didn’t Do Very Well’
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At the Burning Abyss
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Blumenberg
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Rubble Flora
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A Slap in the Face
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Night Music
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Old Masters
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Rummelplatz
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Bad Sheep
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Arson
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Lifespan Narratives
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Of Seven Fir Trees and the Snow
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The Long March of Basic Trust
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My Mother's Silver Fox
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In the Forest of Metropoles
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Circus Commentary
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Orpheus in the Underworld
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A Skeleton Plays Violin
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The Rest Is Slander
Cees Nooteboom is a Dutch writer and journalist. Adrienne Dixon is a translator of Dutch and Flemish literature.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780857424846 |
| ISBN 10 | 085742484X |
| Title | Mokusei! |
| Author | Cees Nooteboom |
| Series | The German List |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Seagull Books London Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |