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Title The pine islands / Marion Poschmann ; translated by Jen Calleja
Imprint London : Serpent's Tail, 2019

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Descript 180 pages 21 cm
Note Originally published in Germany in 2017 by Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin, 2017 as Die Kieferninseln
Translated from the German
"When Gilbert Silvester, a journeyman lecturer on beard fashions in film, awakes one day from a dream that his wife has cheated on him, he flees - immediately, irrationally, inexplicably - for Japan. In Tokyo he discovers the travel writings of the great Japanese poet Basho. Suddenly, from Gilbert's directionless crisis there emerges a purpose: a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the poet to see the moon rise over the pine islands of Matsushima. Falling into step with another pilgrim - a young Japanese student called Yosa, clutching a copy of The Complete Manual of Suicide - Gilbert travels with Yosa across Basho's disappearing Japan, one in search of his perfect ending and the other the new beginning that will give his life meaning."--Publisher
Subject Basho, 1644-1694
Matsuo, Basho, 1644-1694
Självmord
Självmordsförsök
Mänskliga relationer
Pilgrimer och pilgrimsfärder
Medelålders män
Livskriser
Men -- Travel -- Japan -- Fiction
Midlife crisis -- Fiction
Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Japan -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Suicidal behavior -- Japan -- Fiction
Suicide
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Interpersonal relations
Middle aged men
Suicidal behavior
Parasuicide
Japan
Romaner
Classmark 833.92
Heef.01
Alt Auth Calleja, Jen
Translation Kieferninseln. English
ISBN/ISSN 1788160916 hardcover
9781788160919 hardcover
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