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 In Search of a Distant Voice - Taichi Yamada
Description: ISBN 0571229719 / Author: Taichi Yamada / Genre: Fiction Newest Review: ... that he attends his engagement party. The woman whose voice he can hear somehow begins to manipulate him into doing strange, ... more  ... out of character things, which leads to his boss asking him to take time off work to solve his mental health problems. Can Tsuneo find proof of the woman’s existence? And what is her reason for contacting him?
The characters
The book is almost without exception about Tsuneo. At first glance, he seems to be a perfectly likeable young man, although he is perhaps a little weak-willed – he certainly seems unable to find himself a woman without the help of his boss in arranging a marriage for him. There is a hint of myster...more |
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Format: paperback (B format), Publisher: Faber and Faber, ISBN: 0
Pages: 208, Edition: New Ed, Paperback, Faber and Faber - Books/S ... |
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Format: paperback, Publisher: Faber and Faber, ISBN: 0571229719
Pages: 183, Hardcover, Faber and Faber - Books/Subjects - Books/R ... |
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In Search of a Distant Voice - Taichi Yamada: Hearing voices (913 words)
by sunmeilan - written on 01.11.06 (Very useful, 125 readings)
Rating:
When I don’t have any particular books in mind when I go to the library, I often randomly pick up books I perhaps wouldn’t otherwise have read. This was one of them. I had no expectations of this book and began it with an open mind. Within about two pages, I was absolutely hooked. This is an unusual book that I found very original; it is almost, but not quite, a ghost story and it is almost, but not quite a psychological thriller. Whatever it is, it is an excellent book and I can highly recommend it. The story Kasama Tsuneo is a man with a past. He is currently an immigration officer in Tokyo with plans to enter an arranged marriage with a woman he ...
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