The Great Passage
By Shion Miura
Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
Read by Brian Nishii
Unabridged
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1 Format: CD
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ISBN: 9781536631852
| Runtime: | 7.52 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
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An award-winning story of love, friendship, and the power of human connection.
Kohei Araki believes that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years of creating dictionaries, it’s time for him to retire and find his replacement.
He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime—a young, disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguistics—whom he swipes from his company’s sales department.
Along with an energetic, if reluctant, new recruit and an elder linguistics scholar, Majime is tasked with a career-defining accomplishment: completing The Great Passage, a comprehensive 2,900-page tome of the Japanese language. On his journey, Majime discovers friendship, romance, and an incredible dedication to his work, inspired by the words that connect us all.
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Author
Author Bio: Shion Miura
Shion Miura, the daughter of a well-known Japanese classics scholar, made her fiction debut with A Passing Grade for Those Who Fight. In 2006, she won the Naoki Prize for her linked-story collection The Handymen in Mahoro Town. The Great Passage received the Booksellers Award in Japan in 2012 and was developed into a major motion picture. She has also published more than fifteen collections of essays.
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Details
| Available Formats : | CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Runtime: | 7.52 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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