Crawling at Night
Registered by kuju of -- Somewhere in London 🤷‍♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on 11/7/2003
3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by kuju from -- Somewhere in London 🤷‍♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Friday, November 7, 2003
Newly arrived in New York, Ito is a literate yet tongue-tied sushi chef. Alone in his apartment at night, he reads pornographic comics, dreaming of Mariane, a lost, alcoholic waitress, who works with him at a Chelsea sushi bar. Across town, Mariane lies in her bath with a drink, longing for the baby she abandoned almost fifteen years before. As they attempt to make sense of their lives, they encounter immigrants from around the world, each of them bringing their varied cuisines, histories and expectations to new lives in the New World.
Crawling at Night brilliantly reveals the cityscape of today's global city in the late night Chinatown clubs; in the downtown restaurants after the CLOSED sign goes up; and behind the doors of the studio apartments in Manhattan's high-rises and walk ups.
Crawling at Night brilliantly reveals the cityscape of today's global city in the late night Chinatown clubs; in the downtown restaurants after the CLOSED sign goes up; and behind the doors of the studio apartments in Manhattan's high-rises and walk ups.
Before Kuju left to go overseas she offloaded a whole bunch of books to Noodlebowl and myself. Noodlebowl and I will read them and release them as we get round to it.
Journal Entry 3 by noodlebowl from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, February 15, 2004
Taken from Kuju's book bag at the airport before she deserted me ;)
Journal Entry 4 by noodlebowl from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, February 17, 2004
I quite enjoyed this book. It made waiting for the late mishmash trains more pleasurable. It was written in a unique writing style that is a bit overly pretentious in a I-went-to-graduate/arts-college way. However because of this it was very evocative of the environment and emotions the characters were in. It also talked about Japanese food, which in my opinion is a big plus.
Recommendable. Back to the book bag.
Recommendable. Back to the book bag.
Journal Entry 5 by noodlebowl from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Release at last night's meet up at Forresters.