Strange Weather in Tokyo

Resumen del libro

An award-winning novel from one of Japan's most exciting literary voices: a short, simple and touching story of an unlikely love that blossoms across generations, and between seasonsTsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to her former high school teacher, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.

Strange Weather in Tokyo is perfectly constructed, warmly funny and deeply moving.

Biografía del autor

Hiromi Kawakami (Tòquio, 1958) va estudiar Ciències naturals i va ser professora de Biologia fins que el 1994 aparegué la seva primera novel-la. Els seus llibres han estat guardonats amb els premis literaris més prestigiosos, que l" han convertida en una de les escriptores japoneses més llegides actualment. Quaderns Crema ha publicat les seves novel-les El cel és blau, la terra blanca (2001; Quaderns Crema, 2009), que va rebre el Premi Tanizaki, Allò que brilla com el mar (2003; Quaderns Crema, 2010) i El senyor Nakano i les dones (2005; Quaderns Crema, 2012), així com el llibre de relats Abandonar-se a la passió (1999; Quaderns Crema, 2011).