Plainsong /
Hosaka, Kazushi.
Plainsong / Kazushi Hosaka ; Translated by Paul Warham. - Champaign [Ill.] : Dalkey Archive Press, 2011. - 169 p. ; 21 cm. - Japanese literature series. . - Japanese literature series. .
'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, makes up the plot, such as it is, of Plainsong, as this ersatz family finds itself growing closer, and life continues--quietly--around them.'--P. [4] of cover.
Translated from the Japanese.
9781564786388 Hadiah 1564786382 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Japanese fiction--20th century.
Plainsong / Kazushi Hosaka ; Translated by Paul Warham. - Champaign [Ill.] : Dalkey Archive Press, 2011. - 169 p. ; 21 cm. - Japanese literature series. . - Japanese literature series. .
'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, makes up the plot, such as it is, of Plainsong, as this ersatz family finds itself growing closer, and life continues--quietly--around them.'--P. [4] of cover.
Translated from the Japanese.
9781564786388 Hadiah 1564786382 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Japanese fiction--20th century.