This is not an ordinary book: it's a BookCrossing book! BookCrossing books are world travelers - they like to have adventures and make new friends...and every once in a while they even write home to say what they've been doing.

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Big heavy hardcover with a very clever vellum dust jacket. From a neighborhood garage sale; larger photo here.

Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin & Philip Gabriel.

Wednesday, September 25, 2019: headed for Pennsylvania as a wishlist RABCK.

USPS tracking 9549 0104 3301 9268 6086 99
ETA 10/15/19

Released for Secretariat's 2019 NJABBIC challenge (week 38: translations).

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I'm so glad you've found this book! Won't you make a journal entry so the previous readers know that it's safe with you?

How and where did you find the book? What did you think of it? What are you going to do with it next?

This is now your book, for you to do with as you please: keep it as long as you wish, pass it to a friend, or maybe even leave it where someone else can find it!

If you've ever wondered where your books go after they leave your hands, join BookCrossing and you may find out: you'll be able to follow your books as new readers make journal entries - sometimes from surprisingly far-flung locations.

BookCrossing: making the whole world a library!

Received today generously from hyphen8. :)

I really wanted to like this book, but couldn’t get through it. :(

In the free bin