An edition of 国境の南、太陽の西 (1992)

国境の南、太陽の西

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An edition of 国境の南、太陽の西 (1992)

国境の南、太陽の西

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Hajime - "Beginning" in Japanese - was an atypical only child growing up in a conventional middle-class suburb. Shimamoto, herself an only child, was cool and self-possessed, precocious in the extreme. After school these childhood sweethearts would listen to records, hold hands, and talk about their future. Then, despite themselves, in the way peculiar to adolescents, they grew apart, seemingly for good.

Now, facing middle age, finally content after years of aimlessness, Hajime is a successful nightclub owner, a husband and father, when he suddenly is reunited with Shimamoto, propelled into the mysteries of her life, and confronted by dark secrets she is loath to reveal. And so, reckless with enchantment and lust, Hajime prepares to risk everything in order to consummate his first love, and to experience a life he's dreamed of but never had a chance to realize.

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Kodansha
Language
Japanese

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Au sud de la frontière, à l'ouest du soleil
2012, À vue d'oeil
in French - [Éd. en gros caractères].
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K I︠U︡gu ot granit︠s︡y, na zapad ot solnt︠s︡a
2003, ĖKSMO
in Russian
Cover of: South of the border, west of the sun
South of the border, west of the sun: a novel
March 14, 2000, Vintage
Paperback in English - 1st Vintage International edition
Cover of: South of the border, west of the sun
South of the border, west of the sun
1999, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English
Cover of: 国境の南、太陽の西
国境の南、太陽の西
1995, Kodansha
in Japanese
Cover of: 国境の南、太陽の西
国境の南、太陽の西
1992, Kōdansha
in Japanese

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PL856.U673 K64 1995

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OL15303582M
Internet Archive
kokkyonominamita0000mura
ISBN 10
4062630869
Library Thing
5042
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1712020

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My birthday's the fourth of January, 1951.
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June 23, 2024 Edited by rachelstea changed romanized title to japanese
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