Hideo Furukawa and Toshiki Okada: Japan Now
24 February 2018, Norwich
Join Hideo Furukawa and Toshiki Okada as they take a walk on the weird side of urban life in fiction newly published in English translation. Furukawa pays homage to Haruki Murakami in his book Slow Boat, a circular, mesmeric narrative of a young man attempting to escape Tokyo and the lovers who pursue him. Okada’s book The End Of The Moment We Had, skewers the thrills and anxieties of modern Tokyo with two characters’ torrid affair in a love hotel, and a woman trapped inside her squalid flat by memories of her past. The authors will read and discuss their work and take questions from the audience.
Tickets free but booking essential.
Programmed by Modern Culture in partnership with the Japan Foundation and Sheffield University.
Supported by Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, the Japan Society and Writers’ Centre Norwich
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24 February 2018, 6.30pm |
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The Forum, 2 Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF |
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