The Housekeeper and the Professor (Vintage Classics Japanese Series): Yoko Ogawa (Vintage Classic Japanese Series)

The Housekeeper and the Professor (Vintage Classics Japanese Series): Yoko Ogawa (Vintage Classic Japanese Series)

Taschenbuch
4.24

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Beschreibung

VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.

Each morning, the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to one another. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles – based on her shoe size or her birthday – and the numbers reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her ten-year-old son. With each new equation, the three lost souls forge an affection more mysterious than imaginary numbers, and a bond that runs deeper than memory.
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Taschenbuch
Seitenzahl
192
Preis
9.49 €

Beiträge

3
Alle
4

A quiet but beautiful read about finding friendship in unexpected places.

I am in love with the calm and sober writing of most Japanese authors, but this book was something else. The housekeeper gets posted at a new client - a mathematics professor with memory loss after 1975 and a short term memory of only 80 minutes. What sounds like a recipe for disaster turns into a lovely story about finding friendship under uncommon circumstances, different ways of expressing love and affection and that family does not necessarily need blood relations. I felt like I was part of the story the entire time, an invisible guest in the small cottage of the professor, dwelling in his study, sitting in the kitchen, joining them on their adventures. Definitely a book that will leave you in thoughts after you’ve finished it.

5

How does a man live with only 80 minutes of memory? The story is heartwarming and I am really glad I had the option to read it. Live is difficult if your memory leaves you behind. The story of the professor and the housemaid pictures a friendship of two really differend people bonding over a 10 year old boy. I really enjoyed the book and would recommend you give it a try. Please remember reading is subjective.

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