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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.

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.

Traducere de Flavius Florea Acest elegant roman istoric al lui Ken’ichi Yamamoto îmbina un talent literar impresionant cu o intriga clasica. Sub pretextul seppuku-ului marelui maestru de ceai Sen no Rikyu din februarie 1591, ordonat de catre Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598), scriitorul reuseste o compozitie savanta si atractiva. Nascut în 1956, el se înscrie, într-o maniera proprie, în continuitatea unor mari contemporani ai literaturii, precum Yasushi Inoue (Maestrul de ceai), sau ai cinematografului, precum Kei Kumai (Moartea unui maestru de ceai, 1989). Cu multa abilitate, textul trece de la un personaj la altul, mentinîndu-se în sfera ceremoniei ceaiului si oferindu-si misterul mai mult simtirii decât întelegerii. Dincolo de reconstituirea vechii Japonii, cititorul va putea aprecia personajele feminine, cronologia fluida, alternanta între lentoare aeriana si intensitate.“

So rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it’s hard to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding new ways to refurbish and take inspiration from the ways of old. Whether it’s a pristinely preserved traditional house or a cutting-edge apartment, the best Japanese homes share a love of cleverly designed spaces and warm materials such as wood, bricks, and bamboo. From a thatched roof farmhouse occupied by a Zen priest to Tadao Ando’s experimental 4x4 House, Shigeru Ban’s conceptual Shutter House, and a beautiful homage to bamboo in the form of a home, this book traverses the multifaceted landscape of Japanese living today. Also included is a list of addresses and a glossary of terms, such as tatami. Text in English, French, and German

Mari begins to visit the mysterious man at his island home, and he initiates her into a dark realm of both pain and pleasure. As Mari's mother and the police begin to close in on the illicit affair, events move to a dramatic climax.

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.