The passengers on the Hankyu line : a novel / Hiro Arikawa ; translated from the Japanese by Alison Markin Powell.
"Between the two beautiful Japanese towns of Takarazuka and Nishinomiya, in a stunning mountainous area of Japan, rattles the Hankyu train. Passengers step on and off, lost in thought, contemplating the tiny knots of their existence. On the outward journey we are introduced to the emotional dilemmas of five characters, and on the return journey six months later, we watch them resolve. A young man meets the young woman who always happens to borrow a library book just before he can take it out himself; a woman in a white bridal dress boards looking inexplicably sad; a university student leaves his hometown for the first time; a girl prepares to leave her abusive boyfriend; and an old lady discusses adopting a dog with her granddaughter. These fully developed stories crisscross each other like the railway lines in the book."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781037801426 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 234 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Viking, 2025.
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Language Note: | Translated from the Japanese. |
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Subject: | Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Railroads > Japan > Fiction. Self-realization > Fiction. |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Road fiction. Novels. |
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Lakeshore Branch | FIC Arika | 31681010422699 | FICTION | Available | - |