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Vibrador (Spanish Edition) by Mari Akasaka
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Vibrador (Spanish Edition) (original 1999; edition 2006)

by Mari Akasaka (Author)

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Rei Hayakawa, a lonely, bulimic freelance writer with a drinking problem, wanders into a convenience store. She's swaddled in her coat and scarf, while her thoughts - of alienation, of hunger, of the need for gin and white wine - drift in via stream-of-consciousness. A trucker named Okabe walks in, deliberately grazes her behind, and at the same time, Rei's cell phone, set on vibrate, goes off over her heart. Rei impulsively gets into Okabe's truck with him - and stays. Suddenly she finds herself embarking on a road journey across the wintry landscape of Japan with a complete, and possibly dangerous, stranger. Can the physical relationship that develops between them give Rei what she needs, and can she ever free herself from her self-destructive tendencies? Both parties are wounded, guarded and distant -- can they learn to trust each other? Author Mari Akasaka brings her trademark wordplay and vivid imagery to this compelling story of an unlikely pairing set against the bleak backdrop of Japan's highways. Adapted for the screen in 2003,Vibrator has also been made into a film.… (more)
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Vibrator by Mari Akasaka (1999)

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    Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (andja)
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    I Want to Kick You in the Back by Risa Wataya (roulette.russe)
    roulette.russe: Même espoir dans l'écriture; jeunes écrivaines japonaises.
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Mad as a box of hammers. And no it's not about that kind of vibrator. ( )
  graffiti.living | Oct 22, 2017 |
I must agree with the one other person that has reviewed this book. I really enjoyed the writing style. Although I'm usually pretty conservative when it comes to reading books with sex scene in it, this is written in a way that wasn't.... offensive or disgusting. It's a short book, a short story but it felt like I was given a quick sneak peak into someone's life and then I was out of there again. ( )
  KMJMurf | Jun 15, 2011 |
Much better than it sounds; not all about sex at all! (though there is some). I really liked the style in which this was written; credit to both author and translator.
  Kate_JJM | Mar 24, 2006 |
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Rei Hayakawa, a lonely, bulimic freelance writer with a drinking problem, wanders into a convenience store. She's swaddled in her coat and scarf, while her thoughts - of alienation, of hunger, of the need for gin and white wine - drift in via stream-of-consciousness. A trucker named Okabe walks in, deliberately grazes her behind, and at the same time, Rei's cell phone, set on vibrate, goes off over her heart. Rei impulsively gets into Okabe's truck with him - and stays. Suddenly she finds herself embarking on a road journey across the wintry landscape of Japan with a complete, and possibly dangerous, stranger. Can the physical relationship that develops between them give Rei what she needs, and can she ever free herself from her self-destructive tendencies? Both parties are wounded, guarded and distant -- can they learn to trust each other? Author Mari Akasaka brings her trademark wordplay and vivid imagery to this compelling story of an unlikely pairing set against the bleak backdrop of Japan's highways. Adapted for the screen in 2003,Vibrator has also been made into a film.

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