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Strangers
Taichi Yamada
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**NOW A MAJOR FILM - ALL OF US STRANGERS - STARRING PAUL MESCAL, CLAIRE FOY, ANDREW SCOTT AND JAMIE BELL**
'Deeply satisfying. . . a wonderful study of grief and isolation.' Daily Mail
'A sharp, chilling contemporary ghost story.' The Scotsman
'Powerful.' Guardian
'Sexy, insightful and frequently funny.' Irish Examiner
Middle-aged, jaded and divorced, TV scriptwriter Harada returns one night to the dilapidated downtown district of Tokyo where he grew up. There, at the theatre, he meets a likable man who looks exactly like his long-dead father. And so begins Harada's ordeal, as he's thrust into a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571224371
SKU
V9780571224371
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About Taichi Yamada
Taichi Yamada worked at the world-renowned Shochiku film studios until he set out on a highly successful career as a freelance scriptwriter and novelist. Winner of the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize for the best human-interest novel, Strangers is his English-language debut. Wayne P. Lammers grew up in Japan as the child of missionaries, and is now an independent Japanese-to-English translator working ... Read more
Reviews for Strangers
"'A cerebral and haunting ghost story... Highly recommended.' David Mitchell 'A memorably uncanny tapestry... The powerful mood of Strangers lingers long after its graceful, downbeat ending has passed.' Guardian 'A disconcerting, yet deeply satisfying novel: a wonderful study of grief and isolation, a moving expression of our longing for things we have lost and are unable to have again.' Daily ... Read more