The boy in the earth
(Book)
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Contributors:
Powell, Allison Markin, translator.
Published:
New York, NY : Soho Crime, [2018].
Physical Desc:
147, 28 pages ; 20 cm
Status:
Arden-Dimick
FICTION Nakamura, F.
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FICTION Nakamura, F.
Description
A darkly melancholic tale that combines Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Camus’s The Fall —Nakamura’s Akutagawa Prize-winning novel is here translated into English for the first time and is another high-water mark in this important writer’s career.
As an unnamed Tokyo taxi driver works a night shift, picking up fares that offer him glimpses into the lives of ordinary people, he can’t escape his own nihilistic thoughts. Almost without meaning to, he puts himself in harm’s way; he can’t stop daydreaming of suicide, envisioning himself returning to the earth in obsessive fantasies that soon become terrifying blackout episodes. The truth is, his long-estranged father has tried to reach out to him, triggering a cascade of traumatic memories. As the cab driver wrestles with the truth about his past and the history of violence in his childhood, he must also confront his present, which is no less complicated or grim.
A precursor to Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist The Thief, The Boy in the Earth is a closely told character study that poses a difficult question: Are some lives so damaged they are beyond redemption? Is every child worth trying to save? A poignant and thought-provoking tour de force by one of Japan’s leading literary voices.
As an unnamed Tokyo taxi driver works a night shift, picking up fares that offer him glimpses into the lives of ordinary people, he can’t escape his own nihilistic thoughts. Almost without meaning to, he puts himself in harm’s way; he can’t stop daydreaming of suicide, envisioning himself returning to the earth in obsessive fantasies that soon become terrifying blackout episodes. The truth is, his long-estranged father has tried to reach out to him, triggering a cascade of traumatic memories. As the cab driver wrestles with the truth about his past and the history of violence in his childhood, he must also confront his present, which is no less complicated or grim.
A precursor to Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist The Thief, The Boy in the Earth is a closely told character study that poses a difficult question: Are some lives so damaged they are beyond redemption? Is every child worth trying to save? A poignant and thought-provoking tour de force by one of Japan’s leading literary voices.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Nakamura, F., & Powell, A. M. (2018). The boy in the earth. New York, NY, Soho Crime.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Nakamura, Fuminori, 1977- and Allison Markin, Powell. 2018. The Boy in the Earth. New York, NY, Soho Crime.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Nakamura, Fuminori, 1977- and Allison Markin, Powell, The Boy in the Earth. New York, NY, Soho Crime, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Nakamura, Fuminori and Allison Markin Powell. The Boy in the Earth. New York, NY, Soho Crime, 2018.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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