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 (David G.), translator.

Standardized Title:

Chūgoku yuki no surō bōto RMX. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Escapes--Fiction.

Escapes.

Tokyo (Japan)--Fiction.

Tokyo (Japan).

Japanese fiction--Translations into English.

Japanese 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, 2024.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

Trapped in Tokyo, left behind by a series of girlfriends, the narrator of Slow Boat sizes up his situation. His missteps, his violent rebellions, his tiny victories. But he is not a passive loser, content to accept all that fate hands him. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city, holding the only safety net he has known - his dreams. Filled with lyrical longing and humor, Slow Boat captures perfectly the urge to get away and the necessity of finding yourself in a world which might never even be looking for you.

Notes:

Originally published as Chugoku yuki no surō bōto RMX in 2003 ; later published under the title 2002-nen no surō bōto in 2006.

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

This translation first published in 2017.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Keyes Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781805331414

1805331418

OCLC:

1517670526