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Slow Boat

A startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Trapped in Tokyo, left behind by a series of girlfriends, the narrator of Slow Boat sizes up his situation. His missteps, his violent rebellions, his tiny victories. But he is not a passive loser, content to accept all that fate hands him. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city, holding the only safety net he has known — his dreams.

Filled 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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 124
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781782273288
  • Genres
  • fiction, japan, novella, contemporary, novels
  • Release date
  • 2017