Love at Six Thousand Degrees A Novel by Maki Kashimada (Paperback Book)

Name: Love at Six Thousand Degrees A Novel by Maki Kashimada (Paperback Book)
Brand: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd

Europa Editions (UK) Ltd

\""Only Ms. Kashimada can create this kind of world.\""\u2014Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police (on Touring the Land of the Dead)\nA housewife finds herself haunted by visions of a mushroom cloud. She abruptly leaves her husband and son to travel alone to the city of Nagasaki, where she soon begins an affair with a young Russian-Japanese man.\nInspired by Marguerite Duras\u2019s screenplay for \u201CHiroshima, Mon Amour,\u201D this novel is an undeniable demonstration of Kashimada\u2019s distinctive voice, the polish and precision of her literary style, and her dedication to plumbing the depths of her characters\u2019 psychology. \nThrilling and poised in equal measure, dealing with the travails of history, with gendered identity, and with the tension between private and public selves, Love at Six Thousand Degrees is a\n\nLove at Six Thousand Degrees\nA Novel\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services;