Beautiful Illustrations on cover
Kogito is a
writer, and is in his sixties when he rekindles a childhood friendship with his
estranged brother-in-law Goro. Goro sends Kogito a number of cassette tapes
onto which he has recorded reflections about their friendship. But one night,
Goro's message takes a profoundly unsettling turn: 'I'm going to head over to
the Other Side now,' Goro says, and then Kogito hears a loud thud. After a
moment of silence, Goro's voice continues: 'But don't worry, I'm not going to
stop communicating with you.' Moments later, Kogito's wife rings to tell him
that Goro has jumped to his death from the roof of a building. Kogito begins a
search to understand what drove his brother-in-law to suicide. The Changeling
takes readers from the forests of Southern Japan to the streets of Berlin in a
profound exploration of the ways in which the past - both real and imagined -
affects our lives.
| Product Information | |
| The new work from Nobel prize-winner Kenzaburo Oe, The Changeling is an ambitious, sweeping novel about friendship and the distances we are prepared to travel to preserve it. | |
| Product Identifiers | |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| ISBN-10 | 1843547341 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781843547341 |
| eBay Product ID (ePID) | 92720512 |
| Product Key Features | |
| Format | Hardback |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 858g |
| Width | 165mm |
| Height | 235mm |
| Additional Product Features | |
| Author(s) | Kenzaburo Oe |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Genre | General & Literary Fiction |
| Edition Statement | Main |
| Pagination | 480 |
| Author Biography | Considered one Japan's leading post-war writers, Kenzaburo Oe is also the author of A Personal Matter, Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness, and A Quiet Life, among others. He has won almost every major international honour, including the 1989 Prix Europalia and the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature. |
| Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Subject | General Fiction |
| Spine | 38mm |
| Imprint | Atlantic Books |
| Language(s) | English |
| Date of Publication | 01/06/2010 |