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Lädt ... Death of a Salarymanvon Fiona Campbell
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This is a fun book. The basic story is about a salaryman who gets let go from his office and must find another way to make a living. He's always had dreams but they seem very far away as he leaves his office. However, he meets a colorful collection of people and has some interesting jobs on his journey to fulfill them as much as he can. The writing was "good enough" - I generally prefer a good story over mechanics. This is a good story - I picked it up and thought that I would read a chapter then go to sleep - I ended up all night finishing the book. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Wonderfully surreal and painfully real, this is the story of a Japanese salaryman who loses his job at a TV corporation on his 40th birthday and slips through to a different layer of society. In a shadowy world where curious characters show him the way—a traveling salesman with a passion for Elvis, a pachinko pro with dreams of returning to Hawaii, and a TV producer who will stop at nothing to get his big break—Kenji sets off on a roller-coaster ride of misadventures. Via a bizarre chain of happenstance (including being struck by lightning while wielding a golf club) he finds himself responsible for a bizarre TV reality game show. Against all odds, the salaryman dies—to be reborn as a human being. Fresh, original, and funny, this astonishing debut novel brilliantly captures the fast-changing culture of Japan and its surreal underside in an engaging portrait of an ordinary man battling with the contradictory demands of contemporary life. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-BewertungDurchschnitt:
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Couldn't finish it - too many mistakes about Japan and Japanese life. ( )