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Train man : the novel / Hitori Nakano ; translated by Bonnie Elliot.
Van Pelt Library PL873.5.A34 D4613 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nakano, Hitori
- Standardized Title:
- Densha otoko. English
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Geeks (Computer enthusiasts)--Fiction.
- Geeks (Computer enthusiasts).
- Online chat groups--Fiction.
- Online chat groups.
- Japan--Fiction.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Epistolary fiction.
- Fiction.
- Love stories.
- Physical Description:
- 403 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, ©2006.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Japanese.
- Summary:
- Boy - bashful and not overly brave - defends girl from obnoxious drunk on a Tokyo train. Girl sends boy a thank-you pair of pricey Hermes teacups. Boy's a geek and doesn't know what to do next. End of story for most nerds - but this one turns to the world's largest online message board and asks for help, so for him it's just the beginning. This matchless love story is told through a series of Internet chat room threads. As Train Man, our hero charts his progress and unveils each new crisis - from making conversation to deciding what to wear on a date and beyond - in return, he receives advice, encouragement, warnings, and sympathy from the anonymous netizens. And Train Man discovers the secret to what makes the world go round-and proves we really do live in a universe where anything can happen.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Constable & Robinson, 2006.
- "The Internet-generation love story from Japan"--Cover.
- ISBN:
- 9780345498694
- 0345498690
- OCLC:
- 124074034
- Online:
- Publisher description
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