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*)(Translated by Paul Warham, 保坂和志 Titulo original : [Puren songu], [プレーンソング] (★)(´NI-0002´ es mismo libro. 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. 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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