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"I can never remember stories, plot outlines, says one of the characters in this novel, Dramatic events or flashy stories, anything like that . . . A nameless, ambitionless office worker finds his small apartment gradually invaded by three other people: all younger than himself, but seemingly no less adrift. The year is 1986, and the strange communal life of this foursome, extending over half a year, from the end of winter to midsummer, makes up the plot, such as it is, of Plainsong, as this ersatz family finds itself growing closer, and life continues quietly around them. Part of the generation that grew to prominence following the success of baby boomers like Haruki Murakami, Kazushi Hosaka s work chronicles the small moments, the moments without conflict, that most novels work to elide. His characters talk, work, exist; their story is one where the tiniest occurrence takes on the proportions of a grand drama.
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Plainsong is Kazushi Hosaka s debut novel. Aside from his well-known love of cats, he is also fond of shogi (Japanese chess) and has written a book analyzing one of the premier players of the game. Paul Warham grew up in Lancashire and moved to Japan before studying at Oxford University and Harvard. The translator of Satoshi Azuchi s Supermarket and Kenzo Kitakata s The Cage, he is currently based in Tokyo.
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- PublisherDalkey Archive Press
- Publication date2011
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- ISBN 13 9781564786388
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