Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize, Strange Weather in Tokyo is a story of loneliness and love that defies age.
Strange Weather in Tokyo is a moving, funny, and immersive tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance..
As Tsukiko and Sensei grow to know and love one another, time\'s passing is marked by Kawakami\'s gentle hints at the changing seasons: from warm sake to chilled beer, from the buds on the trees to the blooming of the cherry blossoms.
Their relationship develops from a perfunctory acknowledgment of each other as they eat and drink alone at the bar, to a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.
He is thirty years her senior, retired, and presumably a widower.
Tsukiko had only ever called him Sensei (Teacher).
One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, Sensei, in a local bar.
Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone.
Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize, Strange Weather in Tokyo is a story of loneliness and love that defies age
