Strange Weather in Tokyo

Strange Weather in TokyoShortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize, Strange Weather in Tokyois a story of loneliness and love that defies age Tsukiko, thirtyeight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, Sensei, in a local bar. Tsukiko had only ever called him Sensei (Teacher). He is thirty years her senior, retired, and presumably a widower. Their relationship develops from a perfunctory

as a young mother who works the night shift making boxed lunches strangles her abusive husband and then seeks the help of her coworkers to dispose of the body and cover up her crime

we are swept back through her memories

" —Publishers Weekly

and one-year-old sister (aka the Goblin Baby)

I show you how this ever-changing life presents challenges

raising two teenagers in what feels like a collapsing world

even astonishing

"The Waves" (Nebula Award finalist)

missed connections and tragic misunderstandings

and malls--Michael discovers that his new friend has a book that outlines the events of the next twenty years

a battlefield boast

ISBN: 0593643178