![]() ![]() The Japanese language is nothing but lies. This is my botched Tokyo Exodus, the chronicle of my failures. This is where I was born, and it’s where I’m going to die. But just because you don’t need a passport doesn’t mean you can up and leave whenever you like. ![]() ![]() And if you think I’m lying, you can come and see for yourself. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve asked myself if the boundary is real. His best-known novel is the 2008 Holy Family, an epic work of alternate history set in north-eastern Japan, where he was born. He was awarded the Mishima Prize in 2006 for Love. Hideo Furukawa, born in 1966, is an acclaimed and prize-winning writer, hailed by many in Japan's literary world as a prodigy worthy of inheriting the mantle of Haruki Murakami. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city, holding the only safety net he has known - his dreams.įilled with lyrical longing and humour, 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. But he is not a passive loser, content to accept all that fate hands him. His missteps, his violent rebellions, his tiny victories. Trapped in Tokyo, left behind by a series of girlfriends, the narrator of Slow Boat sizes up his situation. And if you think I'm lying, you can come and see for yourself.' I can't tell you how many times I've asked myself if the boundary is real. A startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel García Márquez ![]()
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