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Facing the Bridge (New Directions Paperbook)

by Yoko Tawada
 
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From Japan to Vietnam to Amsterdam to the Canary Islands, these three new tales by master storyteller Yoko Tawada float between cultures, identities, and the dreamwork of the imagination.

When he watched Michael Jackson's videos, every cell in Tamao's body started to seethe: he even felt his appearance begin to change. His friends all said plastic surgery was in bad taste. But didn't everyone harbor a secret desire for a new face? His own was as plain as a burlap sack, so he put it out of his mind and studied hard to compensate for how dull he looked. He told himself that fretting over one's appearance was a job for women. But deep down, doesn't every man who lacks confidence in his looks yearn for that moment when the Beast turns into a handsome young man?—from Facing the Bridge

Reading Yoko Tawada becomes an obsession, like watching the films of Catherine Deneuve. In Facing the Bridge, Tawada's second story collection with New Directions, obsession becomes delight as the reader is absorbed into three tales where identities flicker and shift within borders as wide as the mind.

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  • Media: Paperback Book, 192 pages
  • Publisher: New Directions (May 28, 2007)
  • ISBN-10: 081121690X
  • ISBN-13: 9780811216906
  • Dimensions: 5 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.35 lbs
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