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Evening Clouds (Kindle eBook)
A Novel
by: Junzo Shono
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A masterpiece of quiet lyricism set against a backdrop of change and renewal in suburban Tokyo
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Price : US$9.99
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B001NEKA2U
222 pp
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"A delicate, sad novel that never admits to sadness."
—The Atlantic
"Junzo Shono, one of Japan's best kept literary secrets, challenges readers to rethink what constitutes a novel... Not unlike the trees, plants, flowers and vegetables that are so central to many of his images, Shono's style is alive and organic in the way it slithers, twists, and turns in an effort to capture the moment."
—Persimmon
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Description
A family moves into a new home on a windswept hilltop in suburban Tokyo. Around them is the sky, forests, farms. But the developers are coming, and the children are growing up. There are meals, quandaries, conversations. Junzo Shono's portrait of this family's daily life has the resonant power of fine photography, where the most minute details suggest a changing, unforgiving universe. Shono is the absolute master of this snapshot genre, and this is his most celebrated work. A quiet yet sumptuous book for readers weary of action and attitude.
Translator Wayne P. Lammers won the PEN West Literary Award for his translation of Shono's Still Life.
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