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The Great Passage

The Great Passage - Paperback

by Shion Miura
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Availability:In StockContributor:Shion Miura, Juliet Winters CarpenterPublish date:2017-06-01Pages:222
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Amazon CrossingISBN-13:9781477823071ISBN-10:1477823077UPC:9781477823071Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Coming of Age, HumorousSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.53Product ID:SC50JDB07M

An award-winning story of love, friendship, and the power of human connection.

Kohei Araki believes that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years of creating dictionaries, it's time for him to retire and find his replacement.

He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime--a young, disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguistics--whom he swipes from his company's sales department.

Along with an energetic, if reluctant, new recruit and an elder linguistics scholar, Majime is tasked with a career-defining accomplishment: completing The Great Passage, a comprehensive 2,900-page tome of the Japanese language. On his journey, Majime discovers friendship, romance, and an incredible dedication to his work, inspired by the words that connect us all.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Amazon CrossingISBN-13:9781477823071ISBN-10:1477823077UPC:9781477823071Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Coming of Age, HumorousSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.53Product ID:SC50JDB07M
Miura, Shion: - Shion Miura, the daughter of a well-known Japanese classics scholar, started an online book-review column before she graduated from Waseda University. In 2000, she made her fiction debut with Kakuto suru mono ni mar (A Passing Grade for Those Who Fight), a novel based in part on her own experiences during her job hunt. In 2006, she won the Naoki Prize for her linked-story collection Mahoro ekimae Tada Benriken (The Handymen in Mahoro Town). Her other prominent novels include Kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru (The Wind Blows Hard), Kogure-so monogatari (The Kogure Apartments), and Ano ie ni kurasu yonin no onna (The Four Women Living in That House). Fune o amu (The Great Passage) received the Booksellers Award in Japan in 2012 and was developed into a major motion picture. She has also published more than fifteen collections of essays and is a manga aficionado.
Publisher: Amazon Crossing

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Shion Miura, Juliet Winters Carpenter

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Shion Miura

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