Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
156 p. ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Japanese literature series |
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Japanese literature series.
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Summary |
Though it has a lovely name, the real "Isle of Dreams" is a hunk of reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay where the city dumps its garbage--and yet, Shozo Saka, a middle-aged widower, does indeed find the place beautiful: gravitating more and more, since the death of his wife, toward the Isle's massive piles of trash. One day, however, his refuge is invaded by Yoko, a mysterious woman in black, who visits the Isle on her motorcycle for no other reason than to treat it as her own private obstacle course. Soon Yoko has lured Saka away from his garbage-paradise, leading him back into a Tokyo far less benign than the things it has thrown away.... Isle of Dreams is a sinister satire on urban decay.--From publisher description. |
Subject |
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Fiction.
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Widowers -- Fiction.
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Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction.
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Added Author |
De Wolf, Charles.
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ISBN |
9781564786036 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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156478603X (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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