{"product_id":"9781805331414","title":"Slow Boat","description":"Author(s): Furukawa, Hideo, Boyd, David, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 18\/07\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 128 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Pushkin Press, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: PUSHKIN PRESS                  , \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 128 x 198 x 12mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 120g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781805331414\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estartling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel García\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMárquez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I've never made it out of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTokyo. I can't tell you how many times I've asked myself if the boundary is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereal. Of course it's real. And if you think I'm lying, you can come and see\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor yourself.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped in Tokyo, left behind by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea series of girlfriends, the narrator of \u003cem\u003eSlow Boat\u003c\/em\u003e sizes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eup his situation. His missteps, his violent rebellions, his tiny victories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut he is not a passive loser, content to accept all that fate hands him. He\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eattempts one last escape to the edges of the city, holding the only safety\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enet he has known - his dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with lyrical longing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand humour, \u003cem\u003eSlow Boat\u003c\/em\u003e captures perfectly the urge to get\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaway and the necessity of finding yourself in a world which might never even\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebe looking for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHideo Furukawa\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eborn in 1966, is an acclaimed and prize-winning writer, hailed by many in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapan's literary world as a prodigy worthy of inheriting the mantle of Haruki\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurakami. He was awarded the Mishima Prize in 2006 for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove\u003c\/em\u003e. His best-known novel is the 2008 \u003cem\u003eHoly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily, an epic work of alternate history set in north-eastern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapan, where he was born.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697598714093,"sku":"9781805331414","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9781805331414.jpg?v=1737220945","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781805331414","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}