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''ANDREW MILLER''S WRITING IS A SOURCE OF WONDER AND DELIGHT'' Hilary Mantel ''ONE OF OUR MOST SKILFUL CHRONICLERS OF THE HUMAN HEART AND MIND'' Sunday Times ''Cinematic''
Times Literary Supplement ''A real achievement''
Guardian ''Revelatory''
Sunday Times The mesmerising tale of a young man forced to make life-changing decisions, from the critically acclaimed author Pure
Tokyo, 1940. While Japan''s war against China escalates, young Yuji Takano clings to his cocooned life: his beloved evenings of French conversation at Monsieur Feneon''s, visits to the bathhouse with friends, his books, his poetry.
But conscription looms and the mood turns against foreigners, just when Yuji gets entangled with Feneon''s daughter. As the nation heads towards
Trade ReviewMiller's writing is
cinematic . . . at all times the author is in command * Times Literary Supplement *
Revelatory * Sunday Times *
A quite beautifully written coming-of-age novel . . . a
precisely, lovingly rendered evocation of imperial Japan * Daily Mail *
Miller's trademark is
silken prose which gleams with acutely rendered detail * Independent *
Miller's writing is a joy . . . a memorable novel, one that stays true to the randomness of life, to unplanned acts and fateful outcomes . . .
Deeply moving, written with loving attention to language, it felt like Pasternak back from the dead * Scotsman *
A real achievement * Guardian *
Not only does he combine delicious literary conceits with
thought-provoking explorations into the human condition,
he has the rare gift of tossing out perfect sentences that make you stop in your tracks * Metro *
There are moments of beauty, truth and irony * Daily Telegraph *
Andrew Miller is
one of Britain's most graceful historical prose stylists . . . He deftly captures the nuances of his subject's emotional maturation against the brittle bellicosity of mid-war Tokyo -- Books of the Year * Independent on Sunday *
Miller's
masterful coming-of-age story ranges from a subtle and spare poetry to an almost Proustian evocation of experiential time * The Age *
Miller's writing reaches across historical distance . . . Like one of the silk umbrellas that Miller's characters carry, the novel unfurls slowly to reveal the intricate, hand-painted patterns hidden at its centre * Globe and Mail *
