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Title details for The Boy in the Earth by Fuminori Nakamura - Wait list

The Boy in the Earth

by Fuminori Nakamura
Brian Nishii
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Fuminori Nakamura's Akutagawa Prize-winner plunges us into the depths of a young man's winding, troubled psyche. An unnamed taxi driver in Tokyo has experienced a rupture in his everyday life. He cannot stop daydreaming of suicide, envisioning himself returning to the earth in what soon become terrifying blackout episodes. His live-in girlfriend, Sayuko, is in a similarly bad phase, surrendering to alcoholism to escape the memory of her miscarriage. He meets with the director of the orphanage where he once lived, and must confront awful memories of his past and an abusive family before determining what to do next.
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Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781501942471
  • File size: 69630 KB
  • Release date: April 25, 2017
  • Duration: 02:25:03

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781501942471
  • File size: 69635 KB
  • Release date: April 25, 2017
  • Duration: 02:26:04
  • Number of parts: 2
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Fiction Literature Mystery Thriller

Languages

English

Fuminori Nakamura's Akutagawa Prize-winner plunges us into the depths of a young man's winding, troubled psyche. An unnamed taxi driver in Tokyo has experienced a rupture in his everyday life. He cannot stop daydreaming of suicide, envisioning himself returning to the earth in what soon become terrifying blackout episodes. His live-in girlfriend, Sayuko, is in a similarly bad phase, surrendering to alcoholism to escape the memory of her miscarriage. He meets with the director of the orphanage where he once lived, and must confront awful memories of his past and an abusive family before determining what to do next.
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Fiction Literature Mystery Thriller