South of the border, west of the sun
Registered by 
Nordpirat
of Bromma, Stockholm Sweden on 5/13/2016
This book is in a Controlled Release!
Nordpirat of Bromma, Stockholm Sweden on 5/13/2016 This book is in a Controlled Release!
2 journalers for this copy...
Description from the back of the cover:
Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto, also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons listening to her father's record collection. But when his family moved away, the two lost touch. Now Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting he has found happiness with his loving wife and two daughters, and success running a jazz bar. Then Shimamoto reappears. She is beautiful, intense, enveloped in mystery. Hajime is catapulted into the past, putting at risk all he has in the present.
Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto, also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons listening to her father's record collection. But when his family moved away, the two lost touch. Now Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting he has found happiness with his loving wife and two daughters, and success running a jazz bar. Then Shimamoto reappears. She is beautiful, intense, enveloped in mystery. Hajime is catapulted into the past, putting at risk all he has in the present.
I got this book from a friend after she had read it. She is not a member of bookcrossing, but she still likes to pass books on. :-)
A story of love and friendship, the struggles of being human and the shadows of the human mind.
It is both sad and beautiful, poetic and well written.
A story of love and friendship, the struggles of being human and the shadows of the human mind.
It is both sad and beautiful, poetic and well written.
Journal Entry 3 by Nordpirat at -- By post or by hand/ in person, RABCK , bookring/ray, Stockholm Sweden on Friday, May 13, 2016
Nordpirat at -- By post or by hand/ in person, RABCK , bookring/ray, Stockholm Sweden on Friday, May 13, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (5/13/2016 UTC) at -- By post or by hand/ in person, RABCK , bookring/ray, Stockholm Sweden
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
The book is heading out for its next reader. It will not cross any national borders at this trip, but who knows what is to come...
This release is the S-book of a Scandinavian "Surprise ABC bookring - reversed" (the game started out from the end of the alphabet on this round).
(Forum thread: http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/31/528642 )
This release is the S-book of a Scandinavian "Surprise ABC bookring - reversed" (the game started out from the end of the alphabet on this round).
(Forum thread: http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/31/528642 )
The S-book has arrived! Thank you Nordpirat!
En julklapp på väg till Norge.
