Tokyo Fragments
Author | : |
Publisher | : Stone Bridge Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2004-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 4925080881 |
ISBN-13 | : 9784925080880 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In Tokyo Fragments, five of Japan's most popular contemporary writers of fiction present their vision of life in different quarters of Japan's capital. Spend a day with Ryota and Hiroshi on the mean streets of Shinjuku, spying on visitors to the local love hotel and sniffing glue in station toilets. Eavesdrop on the regulars at a bar in the old town as they fantasize about a fellow-customer who claims to work in the insurance business - but may be more experienced at taking life than insuring it. Join Eriko as she hunts for Mr. Right in trendy western Tokyo. Can you judge men by the same standards you apply to consumer goods? Maybe you can, but you'd better watch out for counterfeits!