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Strangers
  

Strangers (Paperback)

by Taichi Yamada (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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"'A cerebral and haunting ghost story... Highly recommended.' David Mitchell 'A memorably uncanny tapestry... The powerful mood of Strangers lingers long after its graceful, downbeat ending has passed.' Guardian 'A disconcerting, yet deeply satisfying novel: a wonderful study of grief and isolation, a moving expression of our longing for things we have lost and are unable to have again.' Daily Mail 'Quickly paced, intelligent and haunting.' Bret Easton Ellis"


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Middle-aged, jaded and divorced, TV scriptwriter Harada returns one night to the dilapidated downtown district of Tokyo where he grew up. There, at the theatre, he meets a likable man who looks exactly like his long-dead father. And so begins Harada's ordeal, as he's thrust into a reality where his parents appear to be alive at the exact age they had been when they had died so many years before.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Story, Nov 9 2009
By Sir John Thomas, OBE (Nova Scotia, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Strangers (Paperback)
An excellent read - unexpected twists and quite moving. More than just a ghost story, this book packs an emotional punch. That's not to say that it isn't a cracker of a spooky tale. Had me leaping out of my slippers and crying into my Bovril at the same time. Though I must say that I agree with the other fellow about the translation (much better in the original Japanese).
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3.0 out of 5 stars Great story/poor translation, Jun 19 2004
By G. Tong (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strangers (Paperback)
I just finished "Strangers" by Taichi Yamada. The narration is a bit sloppy and some of the translation seems stilted, with convoluted syntax, although that may reflect the original Japanese writing for all I know. It doesn't seem well-written especially considering the first person of the first-person narrative writes for Japanese television.

But the theme dominated and was both moving and curious. The story captures, for me, the psychological security from being my parents' child and the joys of reunion. The last sentence sums up why I like the book: gratitude for the time my parents gave me.

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE DISCARNATES, May 5 2004
This review is from: Strangers (Paperback)
Okay - gotta admit I haven't read the book yet (just ordered it on Amazon) but the film is absolutely amazing!

It's called "the Discarnates" or "Summer Among the Zombies" and it was made in 1988 by Nobuhiko Obayashi. I saw it once ten years ago and it's stuck in my mind ever since.

Finally I got it on DVD and I watched it again last night and it's just as beautiful as I remember! Highly recommended - hope the novel is just as good.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Thinking Man's Ghost Story
Harada is a recently divorced TV scriptwriter whose parents were killed in an automobile accident when he was young. Read more
Published on April 24 2004 by Jeremiah Swann

5.0 out of 5 stars Hauntingly told, with a sublimely subtle undercurrent
Succinctly translated into English by Wayne Lammers, Strangers is a Japanese novel by Taichi Yamada of a jaded TV scriptwriter who feels pangs of loneliness, and encounters an... Read more
Published on Oct 19 2003 by Midwest Book Review

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