Ms Ice Sandwich (Japanese Novellas)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1782273301
ISBN 13
9781782273301
Category
JBLiterature
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Publication Year
2018
Publisher
Pages
96
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Description
A quixotic and funny tale about first love - from the Akutagawa Prize-winning author.A boy is obsessed with a woman who sells sandwiches. He goes to the supermarket almost every day, just so he can look at her face. She is beautiful to him, and he calls her "Ms Ice Sandwich", and endlessly draws her portrait.But the boy's friend hears about this hesitant adoration, and suddenly everything changes. His visits to Ms Ice Sandwich stop, and with them the last hopes of his childhood.A moving and surprisingly funny tale of growing up and learning how to lose, Ms Ice Sandwich is Mieko Kawakami at her very best. - from Amzon
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