The Briefcase
By Hiromi Kawakami
Translated by Allison Markin Powell
By Hiromi Kawakami
Translated by Allison Markin Powell
Category: Literary Fiction
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Mar 01, 2012 | ISBN 9781619020436
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Praise
Praise for The Briefcase
“I’m hooked on The Briefcase, a sentimental novel about the friendship, formed over late nights at a sake bar, between a Tokyo woman in her late thirties and her old high school teacher… I can only imagine what wizardry must have gone into Allison Markin Powell’s translation.”—Lorin Stein, The Paris Review Daily
“A dream–like spell of a novel, full of humour, sadness, warmth and tremendous subtlety. I read this in one sitting and I think it will haunt me for a long time.” —Amy Sackville
“In quiet, nature–infused prose that stresses both characters’ solitude, Kawakami subtly captures the cyclic patterns of loneliness while weighing the definition of love.”—Booklist
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