Goodnight Tokyo
The English language debut from bestselling Japanese author
by Atsuhiro Yoshida
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Pub Date 18 Jul 2024 | Archive Date 25 Jul 2024
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Description
“A must-read for Murakami fans.”—Hotlist
A symphony of interconnected lives that offers a compelling reflection on life in modern-day metropolises at the intersection of isolation and intimacy in Yoshida’s English-language debut
Matsui is the driver of a taxi the colour of the night sky. Every night between the hours of 1 am and 4.30 am, Matsui guides his taxi around the streets of Tokyo, collecting passengers and their stories.
Seen through the eyes of a cast of colourful characters, Goodnight Tokyo takes the reader on an intimate journey around Tokyo after dark, when Tokyo’s eccentrics and insomniacs emerge, and a small grain of madness begins to germinate in the city’s night air. Confessions of intimacy and loneliness merge with the surreal: the funeral of an old telephone, the flea-market in which objects are bartered for that don’t actually exist.
Told over a number of nights – and punctuated by Matsui’s dawn arrival at his favourite canteen for a plate of their famous ham and eggs – Yoshida weaves a web of stories that prove to be intimately cand compellingly connected.
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9781787705135 |
PRICE | £10.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 176 |
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