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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I enjoyed this. A story of an American lecturer at a Japanese university and his love of ancient Japan and its traditions, often at odds with his Japanese wife's more modern outlook and desire to move to Tokyo. The novel works best with its descriptions of the Kanazawa area, less so with certain characters and the development of the story. I couldn't help but feel that this was a very autobiographical novel, which is fine. For me, it's an interesting companion piece to Iain Maloney's non-fiction account of his life in rural Japan, 'The Only Gaijin in the Village'. Both illustrate life beyond the big city and our preconceived ideas of the Japanese metropolis, which is to be welcomed. An interesting and worthwhile novel, well-written and different enough to stand out. 4 stars. ( ) sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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HTML: In Kanazawa, the first literary novel in English to be set in this storied Japanese city, Emmitt's future plans collapse when his wife, Mirai, suddenly backs out of negotiations to purchase their dream home. Disappointed, he's surprised to discover Mirai's subtle pursuit of a life and career in Tokyo, a city he dislikes. Harmony is further disrupted when Emmitt's search for a more meaningful life in Japan leads him to quit an unsatisfying job at a local university. In the fallout, he finds himself helping his mother-in-law translate Kanazawa's most famous author, Izumi Kyoka, into English. While continually resisting Mirai's efforts to move to Tokyo, Emmitt becomes drawn into the mysterious death thirty years prior of a mutual friend of Mirai's parents. It is only when he and his father-in-law climb the mountain where the man died that he learns the somber truth, and in turn discovers what the future holds for him and his wife. Packed with subtle literary allusion and closely observed nuance, with an intimacy of emotion inexorably tied both to the cityscape and Japan's mountainous terrain, Kanazawa reflects the mood of Japanese fiction in a fresh, modern incarnation. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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