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A Selection from Yoko Ogawa
Published: 01/04/10
Paperback He is a brilliant maths professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury seventeen years ago, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory. She is a sensitive but astute young housekeeper who is entrusted to take care of him. Each morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are reintroduced to one another, a strange, beautiful relationship blossoms between them. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with... (more info) Usually despatched immediately
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Published: 02/04/09
Paperback Beautiful, twisted and brilliant - discover Yoko Ogawa. A lonely teenaged girl falls in love with her foster-brother as she watches him leap from a high diving board into a pool - an unspoken infatuation that draws out darker possibilities. A young woman records the daily moods of her pregnant sister in a diary, but rather than a story of growth the diary reveals a more sinister tale of greed and repulsion. Out of nostalgia, a woman visits her old college dormitory on the outskirts of Tokyo.... (more info) Usually despatched immediately
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