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A disturbing masterpiece of narrative invention and moving storytelling from one of Japan's most highly respected and bestselling writers.

He is a brilliant maths professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury seventeen years ago, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory. She is a sensitive but astute young housekeeper who is entrusted to take care of him. Each morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are reintroduced to one another, a strange, beautiful relationship blossoms between them. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant 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.

Autoare a peste 20 de opere de fictiune, recompensata cu importante premii literare, tradusa in peste 20 de tari, scriitoarea Yoko Ogawa este o voce majora din literatura japoneza actuala. Romanul Hotel Iris poate fi interpretat ca o replica stralucita la Lolita lui Nabokov.

Adevărata poveste a lui William Adams, primul englez care a pus piciorul în Japonia și care a inspirat bestsellerul lui James Clavell, Shogun.

Romanciera, autoare a numeroase volume de proza scurta si eseista, recompensata cu cele mai importante premii literare din Japonia, tradusa in peste 20 de limbi, Yoko Ogawa este mai cu seama cunoscuta datorita romanuluiProfesorul si menajera, ecranizat in 2006 de regizorul Takashi Koizumi.

One of the biggest-selling Japanese thrillers ever, and the inspiration for a cult film, The Devotion of Suspect X is now being discovered across the world. Its blend of a page-turning story, evocative Tokyo setting and utterly surprising ending make it a must-read for anyone interested in international fiction.