The Pine Islands

Shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2019 - a charming, playful, profound tale of lost souls in search of transformation in modern Japan

Informationen zum Autor Marion Poschmann Klappentext Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019. Gilbert absconds to Tokyo, where he meets young student Yosa. The two head for the pine islands. One is looking for a suitable end to his life, the other a new beginning. A profound story of acceptance and transformation. Shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2019 - a charming, playful, profound tale of lost souls in search of transformation in modern Japan Zusammenfassung Shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2019 - a charming, playful, profound tale of lost souls in search of transformation in modern Japan.

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Marion Poschmann was born in Essen in 1969. A prize-winning poet and novelist, she has won both of Germany's premier poetry prizes, has been twice shortlisted for the German Book Prize and won the 2013 Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize.

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Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019. Gilbert absconds to Tokyo, where he meets young student Yosa. The two head for the pine islands. One is looking for a suitable end to his life, the other a new beginning. A profound story of acceptance and transformation.