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The ten loves of Nishino / Hiromi Kawakami ; translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell.
Van Pelt Library PL855.A859 N5713 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kawakami, Hiromi, 1958- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Nishino Yukihiko no koi to bōken. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tokyo (Japan)--Fiction.
- Tokyo (Japan).
- Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 172 pages ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- 10 loves of Nishino
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Europa Editions, 2019.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Japanese.
- Summary:
- Hiromi Kawakami tells the story of an enigmatic man through the voices of ten remarkable women who have known him. Each woman has succombed, even if only for an hour, to the seductive, imprudent, and furtively feline man who drifted so naturally into their lives. Still clinging to the vivid memory of his warm breath and his indeciperhable silences, ten women tell their stories as they attempt to recreate the image of the unfathomable Nishino.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Japan in 2003 under the title Nishino Yukihiko no Koi to Boken"--title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1609455339
- 9781609455330
- OCLC:
- 1056198032
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