Goodnight Tokyo

The English language debut from bestselling Japanese author

By: Atsuhiro Yoshida, Haydn Trowell (Translator)

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Paperback | 1 October 2024

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176 Pages

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A symphony of interconnected lives and a reflection on isolation and intimacy set in Tokyo.

Matsui is the driver of a taxi the colour of the night sky. Every night between the hours of 1 am and 4.30 am, Matsui guides his taxi around the streets of Tokyo, collecting passengers and their stories.

Seen through the eyes of a cast of colourful characters, Goodnight Tokyo takes the reader on an intimate journey around Tokyo after dark, when Tokyo's eccentrics and insomniacs emerge, and a small grain of madness begins to germinate in the city's night air. Confessions of intimacy and loneliness merge with the surreal: the funeral of an old telephone, the flea-market in which objects are bartered for that don't actually exist.

Told over a number of nights - and punctuated by Matsui's dawn arrival at his favourite canteen for a plate of their famous ham and eggs - Yoshida weaves a web of stories that prove to be intimately cand compellingly connected.

Industry Reviews

"'""A tender ode to life's unexpected moments of happiness.""' - Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany)

'""After closing this book, think of a friend or someone you know. Try to imagine their friends, the people they know whom you don't. Tokyo is made of such people. Definitely.""' - Sankei Shimbun (Japan)

'""A must-read for Murakami fans.""' - Hotlist (Germany)"

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