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"Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual obsession is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable.
As she retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reaching out to others and drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman."--BOOK JACKET.
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Student, Theaterwissenschaft, Liebesbeziehung, Belletristische Darstellung, Fiction, romance, general, College students, Fiction, Man-woman relationships, Young men, Fiction, romance, contemporary, Japan, fiction, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Chinese fiction, Chang pian xiao shuo, Japanese fiction, Translations into Chinese, Translations into Russian, College students in fiction, Nineteen sixties, Xiao shuo, Language and languages, Translations into English, Roman japonais, Années soixante (Vingtième siècle), Romans, nouvelles, Tokyo (japan), fiction, ÉtudiantsPlaces
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Naokos Lächeln. Nur eine Liebesgeschichte.
February 1, 2003, Btb Bei Goldmann
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3442730503 9783442730506
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Mientras su avión aterriza en un aeropuerto europeo, Toru Watanabe, de treinta y siete años, escucha casualmente una vieja canción de los Beatles: de pronto, la música le hace retroceder a su juventud, al turbulento Tokio de finales de los sesenta. Recuerda entonces, con melancolía y desasosiego, a la inestable y misteriosa Naoko, la novia de su mejor -y único- amigo de la adolescencia, Kizuki, y cómo el suicidio de éste les distanció durante un año, hasta que se reencontraron en la universidad. Iniciaron allí una relación íntima, truncada, sin embargo, por la frágil salud mental de Naoko, a quien hubo que internar en un centro de reposo. Al poco, Watanabe se enamoró de Midori, una joven activa y resuelta. Indeciso, acosado por los temores, Watanabe sólo experimentaba el deslumbramiento y el desengaño allá donde todo debía cobrar sentido: el sexo, el amor y la muerte. La insostenible situación le llevó entonces a intentar alcanzar el delicado equilibrio entre sus esperanzas y la necesidad de encontrar su lugar en el mundo.
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