The Pine Islands
Marion Poschmann
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
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Ravishingly funny
Simply wonderful
Miraculous ... Poschmann has all the air of uncovered greatness
Clever, poetic, funny
Absurdly delightful
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
A masterpiece
A blackly funny novel, in which the rhythms of modern life slowly give way to the restorative poetry of the natural world.
Funny, strange and sad ... a refreshing book for the curious reader
A dazzling little novel
Profoundly serene, flawlessly beautiful
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A remarkably tender exploration of modern life ... Poschmann reveals the still beauty to be found in life beneath a mask of black humour.
Kundenbewertungen
matsushima, International Booker Prize, Japanese road trip, Lost in Translation, quirky friendship novel, Robert Seethaler A Whole Life, Prizewinning translated fiction, Sun-mi Hwang The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, Japanese haiku translation, other writers like Murakami, Buddhist philosophy, matsuo basho, escapist reads, fiction set in Japan, absorbing novel, issa, Takashi Hiraide The Guest Cat, Japan suicide forest, Denis Thériault The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman, less andrew sean greer