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Slow boat : a slow boat to China RMX / Hideo Furukawa ; translated by David Boyd.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781782273288 (paperback)
ISBN	178227328X (paperback)
Name	Furukawa, Hideo, 1966- author.
Uniform title	Chūgoku yuki no surō bōto RMX. English
Title	Slow boat : a slow boat to China RMX / Hideo Furukawa ; translated by David Boyd.
Published	London : Pushkin Press, 2017.
Published	©2017
Description	124 pages ; 20 cm
Notes	Originally published as Chugoku yuki no surō bōto RMX in 2003 ; later published under the title 2002-nen no surō bōto in 2006.
Notes	Inspired by Haruki Murakami's short story "A slow boat to China"--Liner notes [Author's notes], page 124.
Summary	Trapped in Tokyo, left behind by a series of girlfriends, the narrator of Slow Boat sizes up his situation. His missteps, his violent rebellions, his tiny victories. But he is not a passive loser, content to accept all that fate hands him. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city, holding the only safety net he has known - his dreams. Filled with lyrical longing and humour, Slow Boat captures perfectly the urge to get away and the necessity of finding yourself in a world which might never even be looking for you.
Language note	Translated from the Japanese.
Subjects	Escapes -- Fiction
	Japanese fiction -- Translations into English
	Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction
Other Names	Boyd, David translator.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Escapes -- Fiction . Japanese fiction -- Translations into English . Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction . Authors: Boyd, David . Furukawa, Hideo, 1966- .