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Chargement... Bicycle Dayspar John Burnham Schwartz
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Well written first novel by a young author fresh out of Harvard with a degree in Asian Studies. The narrator, Alec Stern is fluent in Japanese and spends a summer living with a Japanese family and working in an American computer company in Tokyo. 40 vignettes are sketched in a lean, almost minimalist style. The stories were fun to read, and they seemed to paint a picture and capture the mood and flavor of Japan. Very talented author. ( ) An excellent look at one man's fictional account of his time as an expat in 80s Japan. This was published just after I had myself returned to the States after living in Japan for a year as an exchange student. It clicked with me immediately as it will any expat as well as people who have lived in Japan or wonder what it's like to live in Japan. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
When Alec Stern arrives in Japan, he discovers a land of opportunity. For only in Tokyo could an impressionable young man fresh out of college find, in one stroke, a new job, a new family, and a society that lavishes attention on Japanese-speaking gaijin. Yet, even as Alec claims a place in this new world, he is haunted by memories of the one he left behind--a world once infinitely secure but which disintegrated with the breakup of his parents' marriage. In this incandescently observed novel, John Burnham Schwartz introduces readers to one of the most appealing protagonists in contemporary fiction while enchanting them with the keenness of his eye and the aptness of his voice. Through its exquisitely rendered scenes--a fishing trip of Zen-like serenity; a night at a sex club where giggling businessmen dive into the action--and vividly imagined characters--the laughing mother who taught Alec to ride a bicycle; the beautiful sad Japanese woman who teaches him how to love--Bicycle Days surprises, moves, and enlightens us as very few books do. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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