Strange weather in Tokyo
Kawakami, Hiromi, 1958-2025
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Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.
Main title:
Strange weather in Tokyo / Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell.
Author:
Kawakami, Hiromi, 1958-, authorPowell, Allison Markin, translator
Work:
Imprint:
London : Granta Books, 2025.
Collation:
192 pages
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9781803513140 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.636
Language:
EnglishJapanese
BRN:
1777347