The Bear and the Paving Stone: 5 (Japanese Novellas) - Softcover
Synopsis
Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, three dream-like tales of memory and war
Visiting a friend in the French countryside, a man finds himself cast into the quandaries of historical whim, religious identity, and seeing without sight; a walk along the seashore, upon the anniversary of a death, becomes a reverie on building sandcastles; and an innocent break-in at the ruins of an archbishop's residence takes a turn towards disaster.
In three stories that prove the unavoidable connections of our past, Toshiyuki Horie creates a haunting world of dreams and memories where everyone ends up where they began - whether they want to or not.
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Review
'Horie weaves fables out of everyday existence in these three captivating tales of relationships and lives revisited... across these ruminative stories, Horie suddenly drops in moments of piercing wisdom and revelation, revealing that, for better or worse, there is no escape from one's memory' --Publishers Weekly
'Ethereal... Simmers with raw emotional ferocity' -- Shelf Awareness (starred review)
'Whimsical stories, which celebrate language, friendship and life' -- Japan Times
'A treat' --The Straits Times
'It is a rather beautiful, very funny, often bitter or sadly gentle book that will entice and satisfy while leaving one thirsting for more' --Bookanista
About the Author
Toshiyuki Horie (born 1964) is a scholar of French literature and a professor at Waseda University. He has won many literary prizes, including the Mishima Yukio Prize, Akutagawa Prize (for The Bear and the Paving Stone), the Kawabata Yasunari Prize, the Tanizaki Jun'ichiro Prize and the Yomiuri Prize for Literature (twice).
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- PublisherPushkin Press
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1782274375
- ISBN 13 9781782274377
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages128
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