Woman on the other shore
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Woman on the other shore
Kodansha International, 2007
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Taigan no kanojo
対岸の彼女
英文版 : 対岸の彼女
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"Originally published in Japanese in 2004 by Bungei Shunju, Tokyo, under the title Taigan no kanojo"--T.p. verso
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ISBN 9784770030436
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第１３２回直木賞受賞『対岸の彼女』英文版。
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ISBN 9784770030436
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This compelling novel, widely acclaimed for its perceptive portrayal of the everyday lives and struggles of Japanese women, struck a deep chord with readers throughout Japan. In 2005 it won the prestigious Naoki Prize, awarded semiannually for the best work of popular fiction by an established writer.
Sayoko, a thirty-five-year-old homemaker with a three-year-old child, begins working for Aoi, a free-spirited, single career woman her own age who runs a travel agency-housekeeping business. Timid and unable to connect with other mothers in her neighborhood,
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