Toshiyuki Horie The Bear and the Paving Stone (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Bear and the Paving StoneCondition: NewISBN-10: 1805331426EAN: 9781805331421ISBN: 9781805331421Publisher: Pushkin PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/26/2024Description: Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, three dream-like tales of memory and war Visiting a friend in the French countryside, a man finds himself cast into the quandaries of historical whim, religious identity, and seeing without sight; a walk along the seashore, upon the anniversary of a death, becomes a reverie on building sandcastles; and an innocent break-in at the ruins of an archbishop's residence takes a turn towards disaster. In three stories that prove the unavoidable connections of our past, Toshiyuki Horie creates a haunting world of dreams and memories where everyone ends up where they began - whether they want to or not. Toshiyuki Horie (born 1964) is a scholar of French literature and a professor at Waseda University. He has won many literary prizes, including the Mishima Yukio Prize, Akutagawa Prize (for The Bear and the Paving Stone), the Kawabata Yasunari Prize, the Tanizaki Jun'ichiro Prize and the Yomiuri Prize for Literature (twice).Language: JapaneseCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmAuthor: Toshiyuki HorieTranslator: Geraint HowellsContributor: Geraint Howells (Translated by)Genre: FictionTopic: RomanceRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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