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Loading... Vibrador (Spanish Edition) (original 1999; edition 2006)by Mari Akasaka (Author)
Work InformationVibrator by Mari Akasaka (1999)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Mad as a box of hammers. And no it's not about that kind of vibrator. ( ) 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. no reviews | add a review
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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. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)895.636Literature Literature of other languages Asian (east and south east) languages Japanese Japanese fiction 2000–LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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