The passengers on the Hankyu Line / Hiro Arikawa; translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell.
By: Arikawa, Hiro
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Contributor(s): Powell, Allison Markin [translator].
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BookPlace of publication: New YorkPublisher: BerkleyDate of publication: 2025Description: 234 pages: partly illustrated, 22 cm.ISBN: 9798217187188.Subject(s): Rail passengers -- Japan -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | Domestic fiction | Japanese fiction -- Translations into EnglishDDC classification: F Ar699 2025 PAS Summary: Between the two beautiful towns of Takarazuka and Nishinomiya, in a stunning mountainous area of Japan, rattles the Hankyu Line train. Passengers step on and off, lost in thought, contemplating the tiny knots of their existence. On the outbound journey, we are introduced to the emotional dilemmas of five characters, and on the return journey six months later, we watch them find resolutions.
A young man meets the young woman who always happens to borrow a library book just before he can check it out himself. A woman in a white bridal dress boards looking inexplicably sad. A university student heads home after class. A girl prepares to leave her abusive boyfriend. And a grandmother discusses adopting a dog with her granddaughter.
With stories that crisscross like the railway lines, the Hankyu train trundles on, propelling the lives and loves of its passengers ever forward.
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Between the two beautiful towns of Takarazuka and Nishinomiya, in a stunning mountainous area of Japan, rattles the Hankyu Line train. Passengers step on and off, lost in thought, contemplating the tiny knots of their existence. On the outbound journey, we are introduced to the emotional dilemmas of five characters, and on the return journey six months later, we watch them find resolutions.
A young man meets the young woman who always happens to borrow a library book just before he can check it out himself. A woman in a white bridal dress boards looking inexplicably sad. A university student heads home after class. A girl prepares to leave her abusive boyfriend. And a grandmother discusses adopting a dog with her granddaughter.
With stories that crisscross like the railway lines, the Hankyu train trundles on, propelling the lives and loves of its passengers ever forward.
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