Slow boat : a slow boat to China RMX / Hideo Furukawa ; translated by David Boyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Furukawa, Hideo, 1966- author.

Contributor:

Boyd, David, translator.

Standardized Title:

Chūgoku yuki no surō bōto RMX. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Magic realism (Literature).

Tokyo (Japan)--Fiction.

Tokyo (Japan).

Japan--Tokyo.

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Japanese fiction -- 21th century.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

124 pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Slow boat to China RMX

Slow boat to China remix.

Place of Publication:

London : Pushkin Press, 2017.

Language Note:

Translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

Boku has an uneasy preoccupation with dreams - and with making and losing lovers. And when he first runs away from Tokyo, his dreams and his reality gradually start to shift and overlap. This is a story of three failed escapes - and the loss of three girlfriends in the process. The first girlfriend is taken away, the second runs away, and the third is sent away by Boku himself. A startling tale about the anguished battle to escape oneself, this structurally complex and fascinating novella is both a homage to Haruki Murakami and a stunning piece of magical realism.

Notes:

Originally published as Chugoku-yuki no surō bōto RMX, ©2003.

Inspired by Haruki Murakami's short story "A slow boat to China"--Author's note, page 124.

ISBN:

9781782273288

178227328X

OCLC:

958413461