ISBN 9780704333406

Uitgever Quartet Books

Taal Engels

Categorie romans,Azië, Japan, Japanese Literature, Literary Fiction, Drama, Classics, Japanse Literatuur

Meer info 1980, paperback, shelf/user wear, age tanned, fairly good copy

Extra informatie 0704333406. 'When I Whistle' is a rich and absorbing novel set in two worlds- the world of pre-War Japan and the contemporary one of a big hospital with its professional rivalries. Ozu, a middle-aged businessman, has a chance encounter which brings back haunting memories. As Ozu recaptures the past, the reader is caught in the spell of a simpler and more humane time. In perfect couterpoint the story unfolds as Ozu relives the past while his son Eichi, a young house surgeon, pursues his ambitious and materialistic machinations to unseat his rivals. Gradually, the past and the present converge in a powerful and moving climax.

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