Me / by Tomoyuki Hoshino ; afterword by Kenzaburō Ōe ; translated by Charles De Wolf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoshino, Tomoyuki, 1965- author.

Contributor:

Ōe, Kenzaburō, 1935-2023, writer of afterword.

De Wolf, Charles, translator.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.

Identity (Psychology).

Manners and customs.

Older people--Crimes against.

Japan.

Older people--Crimes against--Fiction.

Older people.

Deception--Fiction.

Deception.

Impostors and imposture--Fiction.

Impostors and imposture.

Japan--Social life and customs--21st century--Fiction.

Tokyo (Japan)--Fiction.

Tokyo (Japan).

Japan--Tokyo.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

239 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, 2017.

Summary:

A young Tokyoite named Hitoshi Nagano who, on a whim, takes home a cell phone belonging to Daiki Hiyama who accidentally put it on Hitoshi's tray at McDonald's. Hitoshi uses the phone to call Daiki's mother, pretending he is Daiki, and convinces her to wire him 900,000 yen. Three days later, Hitoshi returns home from work to discover Daiki's mother in his apartment, and she seems to truly believe Hitoshi is her son. Even more bizarre, Hitoshi discovers his own parents now treat him as a stranger; they, too, have a "me" living with them as Hitoshi. At a loss for what else to do, Hitoshi begins living as Daiki, and no one seems to bat an eye. Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in Japanese in 2010 by Shinchosha"--Title page verso.

Related Work:

Translation of: Hoshino, Tomoyuki, 1965- Oreore. English

ISBN:

161775448X

9781617754487

OCLC:

959036913