number9dream - David Mitchell • BookLikes (ISBN:0340747978)

number9dream

by: David Mitchell (author)

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As Eiji Miyake's twentieth birthday nears, he sets out for the seething metropolis of Tokyo to find the father he has never met. There, he begins a thrilling, whirlwind journey where dreams, memories and reality collide then diverge as Eiji is caught up in a feverish succession of encounters by turn bizarre, hilarious and shockingly dangerous. But until Eiji has fallen in love and exorcised his childhood demons, the belonging he craves will remain, tantalizingly, just beyond his grasp...

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780340747971 (0340747978)

Publish date: April 4th 2002

Publisher: Sceptre

Pages no: 418

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Novels, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Cultural, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Japan, Magical Realism

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BrokenTune rated it

6 years ago

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DNF @ 20%. Give me Blade Runner, give me The Matrix, ... even give me Vanilla Sky, ... but not hundreds of pages of pretentious writing and a plot that I cannot muster any enthusiasm for. Post-rain sweat and grime regunge Tokyo. The puddles are steaming dry in the magnified heat. A busker sings ...

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This is the only David Mitchell book I've actively disliked. In "Ghostwritten," his trademark successes become flaws: fantasy blurs with reality, but the lines are utterly indistinguishable; long descriptive passages are showy instead of mood-setting; a unique method of storytelling detracts from th...

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Chris Blocker rated it

11 years ago

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I recently implied that David Mitchell could do no wrong. Without a doubt, he is a tremendously talented author. Then I began reading number9dream and was immediately worried I'd have to eat my words. number9dream starts unlike any other Mitchell book; sure Mitchell has an eclectic style, but there'...

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brandon rated it

11 years ago

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You'll love it, or hate it. It's that kind of book. I loved it.

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nouveau rated it

12 years ago

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David Michell's (b. 1969) sophomore slump, written 2001 while he was still in his eight-year stint teaching English to technical students in Hiroshima, a step down from the 1999 debut 'Ghostwritten' and definitely weaker than the charmed 'Cloud Atlas,' number9dream sounds better in concept than in r...

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