Shion Miura 三浦 しをん, “The Great Passage: A Novel”, 舟を編む, (Fune o Amu), 2013. CONTINUED.
Shion Miura 三浦 しをん, “The Great Passage: A Novel”, 舟を編む, (Fune o Amu), Juliet Winters-Carpenter (translator), 2013 was a novel of lexicon-fiction. The protagonist is “Lexicographer”, who is working for a publisher on a “dictionary”. Lexicographer is a “word-nerd”, and has no dating experience. Lexicographer meets a Japanese “Kaiseki chef” (haute cuisine) female chef. They are polar opposites, … Continue reading Shion Miura 三浦 しをん, “The Great Passage: A Novel”, 舟を編む, (Fune o Amu), 2013. CONTINUED.
