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Strangers

byTaichi Yamada

Genres: Fiction
NOW A MAJOR FILM - ALL OF US STRANGERS - STARRING PAUL MESCAL, CLAIRE FOY, ANDREW SCOTT AND JAMIE BELL 'Deeply satisfying. . . a wonderful study of grief and isolation.' Daily Mail 'A sharp, chilling contemporary ghost story.' The Scotsman 'Powerful.' Guardian 'Sexy, insightful and frequently funny.' Irish Examiner Middle-aged, jaded and divorced, TV scriptwriter Harada returns one night to the dilapidated downtown district of Tokyo where he grew up. There, at the theatre, he meets a likable man who looks exactly like his long-dead father. And so begins Harada's ordeal, as he's thrust into a reality where his parents appear to be alive at the exact age they had been when they had died so many years before.

Language

en

Published on

05/01/2006

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780571224371

Who is this book for? Readers interested in contemporary ghost stories and explorations of grief.

Topics GriefIsolation
MoodMelancholic, Reflective
HumorOccasional Humor
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

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