The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami
From the best-selling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo and The Nakano Thrift Shop, an irresistible new novel about an elusive ladies' man and the women who have loved him.
Charming.. beguiling and beautiful * Times *
Quirky and delicate...timeless...I fell totally under the spell of this beautiful book * Daily Mail *
Arresting... a wonderful sleight-of-hand narrative that reveals so much while seemingly being very simple * Big Issue *
A story of desire, envy, romantic mishap, star-crossed lovers, passion, courtship, infidelity, unrequited love and loneliness * Herald *
Endlessly thought-provoking, The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino is all the more remarkable for couching its insights in such accessible terms * Asian Review of Books *
[A] short, sharp novel... The author's minimal and restrained style perfectly suits her subtle way of questioning human perception... Beautiful * Monocle *
Quirky and delicate...timeless...I fell totally under the spell of this beautiful book * Daily Mail *
Arresting... a wonderful sleight-of-hand narrative that reveals so much while seemingly being very simple * Big Issue *
A story of desire, envy, romantic mishap, star-crossed lovers, passion, courtship, infidelity, unrequited love and loneliness * Herald *
Endlessly thought-provoking, The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino is all the more remarkable for couching its insights in such accessible terms * Asian Review of Books *
[A] short, sharp novel... The author's minimal and restrained style perfectly suits her subtle way of questioning human perception... Beautiful * Monocle *
Born in 1958 in Tokyo, HIROMI KAWAKAMI is one of Japan's most popular contemporary novelists, famous for her literary, off-beat fiction. She is the author of The Nakano Thrift Shop and Strange Weather in Tokyo, which was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
ALLISON MARKIN POWELL's translations include works by Osamu Dazai, Fuminori Nakamura, and Kanako Nishi. She was the guest editor for the first Japan issue of Words Without Borders and she maintains the database, Japanese Literature in English, at http://www.japaneseliteratureinenglish.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846276972 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846276977 |
| Title | The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino |
| Author | Hiromi Kawakami |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2019-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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