The Resource The briefcase, by Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell
The briefcase, by Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell
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The item The briefcase, by Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, "Sensei" in a local bar. Tsukiko had only ever called him "Sensei" ("Teacher"). He is thirty years her senior, retired, and presumably a widower. Their relationship-traced by Kawakami's gentle hints at the changing seasons-develops from a perfunctory acknowledgment of each other as they eat and drink alone at the bar, to an enjoyable sense of companionship, and finally into a deeply sentimental love affair. As Tsukiko and Sensei grow to know and love one another, time's passing comes across through the seasons and the food and beverages they consume together. From warm sake to chilled beer, from the buds on the trees to the blooming of the cherry blossoms, the reader is enveloped by a keen sense of pathos and both characters' loneliness"--
- Language
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- eng
- jpn
- eng
- Extent
- 176 pages
- Isbn
- 9781582435992
- Label
- The briefcase
- Title
- The briefcase
- Statement of responsibility
- by Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell
- Subject
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- trueMiddle-aged women
- trueSenior men
- trueSenior men -- Relations with younger women
- trueSentimentality
- trueSolitude
- FICTION / Literary
- trueFormer teachers
- trueJapan
- Japan -- Fiction
- trueLoneliness
- trueMen/women relations
- Middle-aged women -- Fiction
- Older men -- Fiction
- trueRelationships between young women and older men
- Romance fiction
- Language
-
- eng
- jpn
- eng
- Summary
- "Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, "Sensei" in a local bar. Tsukiko had only ever called him "Sensei" ("Teacher"). He is thirty years her senior, retired, and presumably a widower. Their relationship-traced by Kawakami's gentle hints at the changing seasons-develops from a perfunctory acknowledgment of each other as they eat and drink alone at the bar, to an enjoyable sense of companionship, and finally into a deeply sentimental love affair. As Tsukiko and Sensei grow to know and love one another, time's passing comes across through the seasons and the food and beverages they consume together. From warm sake to chilled beer, from the buds on the trees to the blooming of the cherry blossoms, the reader is enveloped by a keen sense of pathos and both characters' loneliness"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10126725
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kawakami, Hiromi
- Dewey number
- 895.6/36
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PL855.A859
- LC item number
- S4613 2012
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Powell, Allison Markin
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Middle-aged women
- Older men
- FICTION / Literary
- Japan
- Label
- The briefcase, by Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 909778
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 176 pages
- Isbn
- 9781582435992
- Lccn
- 2011041521
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781582435992
- Label
- The briefcase, by Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 909778
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 176 pages
- Isbn
- 9781582435992
- Lccn
- 2011041521
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781582435992
Subject
- trueMiddle-aged women
- trueSenior men
- trueSenior men -- Relations with younger women
- trueSentimentality
- trueSolitude
- FICTION / Literary
- trueFormer teachers
- trueJapan
- Japan -- Fiction
- trueLoneliness
- trueMen/women relations
- Middle-aged women -- Fiction
- Older men -- Fiction
- trueRelationships between young women and older men
- Romance fiction
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