A Perfect Day to be Alone
the award-winning Japanese coming-of-age classic
$18.98
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2024
Summary
WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE, Japan’s most prestigious literary award, first published when the author was just 24
A Japanese contemporary classic, perfect for fans of Convenience Store Woman
A love letter to Tokyo as it can only be seen through the eyes of a young woman setting out in the world
It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in fancy…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529427684 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529427681 |
| Author: | Nanae Aoyama, Jesse Kirkwood |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 128g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
A Perfect Day To Be Alone is a moving, poignant, and funny story about loneliness, coming of age, and the importance of connection and friendship. Filled with cats, trains, and miso soup, this novella is also a love letter to Tokyo, capturing the essence of youth in all its bittersweet glory * New Books Magazine *
Funny and deeply moving … a fitting introduction to the writer, whose tight, understated prose renders the juncture between adolescence and adulthood with humorous authenticity and tender pain * Japan Times *
About The Author
Nanae Aoyama
Born in 1983, Nanae Aoyama is a Japanese fiction writer. She has won the Akutagawa Prize, the Bungei Prize and the Yasunari Kawabata Literary Prize. Her work has been translated into Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, German, French, and Italian.
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