The shining sea / Koji Suzuki ; translated by Brian Bergstrom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suzuki, Kōji, 1957-2026, author.

Contributor:

Bergstrom, Brian, translator.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Hikari sasu umi. English.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Amnesiacs--Fiction.

Amnesiacs.

Pregnant women--Suicidal behavior--Fiction.

Pregnant women.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

251 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Kodansha, [2022].

Summary:

"A seemingly amnesiac woman sits mutely before her psychiatrist. Unable, or perhaps unwilling, to speak, the only time she shows any hint of emotion is when she hums a song--and the song becomes the first clue. Pregnant but abandoned by her lover, who boarded a tuna boat to brave turbulent waters far from home, she'd waded into the pitch-black waves one evening to drown herself...because when you feel like you're stranded at sea all by yourself in the dead of the night, those waves call for you, lulling you to sink into the silence beneath. What we go on to discover is a cursed fate, a ruthless reality, and the dark humor of a world ruled by the indifferent forces of chance. They say you never know what the future holds, but what if you're told that you only have precisely a fifty-fifty chance of attaining happiness?"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"A vertical book"--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781647291181

1647291186

OCLC:

1338151330

Publisher Number:

99991620186