Rainbirds

Rainbirds

Set in an imagined town outside Tokyo, Clarissa Goenawanâ€™s dark, spellbinding literary debut follows a young manâ€™s path to self-discovery in the wake of his sisterâ€™s murder.
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Ren Ishida has nearly completed his graduate degree at Keio University when he receives news of his sisterâ€™s violent death. Keiko was stabbed one rainy night on her way home, and there are no leads. Ren heads to Akakawa to conclude his sisterâ€™s affairs, failing to understand why she chose to turn her back on the family and Tokyo for this desolate place years ago.

But then Ren is offered Keikoâ€™s newly vacant teaching position at a prestigious local cram school and her bizarre former arrangement of free lodging at a wealthy politicianâ€™s mansion in exchange for reading to the manâ€™s ailing wife. He accepts both, abandoning Tokyo and his crumbling relationship there in order to better understand his sisterâ€™s life and what took place the night of her death.

As Ren comes to know the eccentric local figures, from the enigmatic politician whoâ€™s boarding him to his fellow teachers and a rebellious, captivating young female student, he delves into his shared childhood with Keiko and what followed. Haunted in his dreams by a young girl who is desperately trying to tell him something, Ren realizes that Keiko Ishida kept many secrets, even from him.
Country USA
Manufacturer Soho Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2018-03-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781616958558

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Soho Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2018-03-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781616958558

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