Descript |
180 pages 21 cm |
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Originally published in Germany in 2017 by Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin, 2017 as Die Kieferninseln |
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Translated from the German |
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"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 |
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Basho, 1644-1694
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Matsuo, Basho, 1644-1694
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Självmord
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Självmordsförsök
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Mänskliga relationer
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Pilgrimer och pilgrimsfärder
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Medelålders män
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Livskriser
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Men -- Travel -- Japan -- Fiction
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Midlife crisis -- Fiction
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Japan -- Fiction
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
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Suicidal behavior -- Japan -- Fiction
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Suicide
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages
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Interpersonal relations
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Middle aged men
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Suicidal behavior
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Parasuicide
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Japan
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Romaner
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Classmark |
833.92
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Heef.01
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Alt Auth |
Calleja, Jen
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Translation |
Kieferninseln. English
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ISBN/ISSN |
1788160916 hardcover |
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9781788160919 hardcover |
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