Kazama Tsuneo is an immigration officer in Tokyo, struggling to live a 'normal' life after an event that happened eight years previously, on the other side of the world, in Portland, Oregon. When he is seized one day by a strange emotional fit, his life threatens to spiral out of control. With his arranged marriage looming, his problems worsen following the emergence of a strange voice - a woman who is trying to contact him, but without ever quite revealing herself. Imbued with a beautiful, melancholy sense of longing, the story becomes a quest narrative in which Tsuneo desperately chases this woman, and the mystery behind what happened eight years earlier. Exploring ideas of sexuality, guilt and identity, Taichi Yamada once again displays his unique storytelling qualities, and uncanny gift for merging the everyday and the surreal.
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Hardback Editions
April 2006 : Hardback
| Title: In Search of a Distant Voice Author(s): Taichi Yamada ISBN: 0-571-22971-9 / 978-0-571-22971-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2007 : Paperback
| Title: In Search of a Distant Voice Author(s): Taichi Yamada ISBN: 0-571-22972-7 / 978-0-571-22972-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2006 : Paperback
| Title: In Search of a Distant Voice Author(s): Taichi Yamada ISBN: 0-571-22973-5 / 978-0-571-22973-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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