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The Pine Islands
Marion Poschmann
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Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2019
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
When Gilbert wakes one day from a dream that his wife has cheated on him, he flees - immediately and inexplicably - for Tokyo, where he meets a fellow lost soul: Yosa, a young Japanese student clutching a copy of The Complete Manual of Suicide. Together, Gilbert and Yosa set off on a pilgrimage to see the pine islands of Matsushima, one looking for the perfect end to his life, the other for a fresh start.
Playful and profound, The Pine Islands is a beautiful tale of friendship, transformation and acceptance in modern Japan.
Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards
Rezensionen
Absurdly delightful
Miraculous ... Poschmann has all the air of uncovered greatness
Really fascinating ... on the face of it a simple story with a sort of surreality to it, a playfulness as well ... interesting, left-field ... we absolutely loved it ... a comic confrontation with mortality
Ravishingly funny
Clever, poetic, funny
If you'
A dazzling little novel
A remarkably tender exploration of modern life ... Poschmann reveals the still beauty to be found in life beneath a mask of black humour.
Funny, strange and sad ... a refreshing book for the curious reader
Profoundly serene, flawlessly beautiful
A blackly funny novel, in which the rhythms of modern life slowly give way to the restorative poetry of the natural world.
Simply wonderful
A masterpiece
Kundenbewertungen
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