Chûgoku yuki no surô bôto RMX . - 2002-nen no surô bôto . - Slow boat to China remix

124 sider

Inspirert av Haruki Murakamis novelle "A slow boat to China" [Liner notes], side 124.. - Opprinnelig utgitt som "Chûgoku yuki no surô bôto RMX" i 2003 ; senere utgitt med tittelen "2002-nen no surô bôto" i 2006.. - "Trapped in Tokyo, left behind by a series of girlfriends, the narrator of Slow Boat sizes up his situation. His missteps, his violent rebellions, his tiny victories. But he is not a passive loser, content to accept all that fate hands him. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city, holding the only safety net he has known - his dreams. Filled with lyrical longing and humour, Slow Boat captures perfectly the urge to get away and the necessity of finding yourself in a world which might never even be looking for you"--page [4] of cover.. - Boku has an uneasy preoccupation with dreams - and with making and losing lovers. And when he first runs away from Tokyo, his dreams and his reality gradually start to shift and overlap. This is a story of three failed escapes - and the loss of three girlfriends in the process. The first girlfriend is taken away, the second runs away, and the third is sent away by Boku himself. A startling tale about the anguished battle to escape oneself, this structurally complex and fascinating novella is both a homage to Haruki Murakami and a stunning piece of magical realism.

Japanese fiction. . - Magic realism (Literature) . - Domestic fiction. : (OCoLC)fst01726589. - Fiction. : (OCoLC)fst01423787

Tokyo (Japan) . - Japan - Tokyo. : (OCoLC)fst01204835

895.63/6

178227328X. - 9781782273288