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Cargando... In the Poolpor Hideo Okuda
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. As an American, having no recent descent from the Eastern Hemisphere, that I am aware of, this book did wonders for me. It did wonders because it is about socially constructed ways that people are always in vague about; whether it be okay to do something or never to do something, whether it is healthy to do or not. Just do it! Just think and if you can't see past something don't worry! ITS YOU!It definitely was a good book to read before I turned 20. ( ) Doctor Ichiro Irabu is one weird neurologist. With or without his patients' permission, he finds cures for their modern-day neurological woes (i.e., a man who finds relief from a mid-life crisis by sneaking into locked swimming pools at midnight, a man with an embarrassingly permanent erection, a model with the paranoiac fear of being stalked, a teenage boy's obsession with cell phone text-messaging). This is fun and delightfully easy reading which made me wish for more. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
A divorced man angry at his wife finds a painfully prominent outlet in a permanent erection; a model thinks every man on the street is a stalker; an overbearing magazine editor relieves his mid-life crisis by long-distance swimming . . . These are some of the patients who descend to the basement consulting room of Doctor Ichiro Irabu, an obese, eccentric neurologist with an injection fetish, an Oedipus complex. and a pea-green Porsche. This collection of five wacky stories has been adapted for TV and the movies in Japan. Hideo Okuda won the prestigious Naoki Prize in 2004. "It helps put into perspective the annoyances and disappointments we all face in modern society as well as giving the reader a chance to reflect on ways to make his or her life a bit better." -- The Daily Yomiuri "My favorite was 'Cell,' a story in which high school student becomes addicted to his cell phone...The story offers great insight for every one of us, from Luddite to geek, regarding this pervasive contemporary phenomenon." -- Hillel Wright, Metropolis Japan "Sardonic and funny." -- JapanVisitor.com "So while In the Pool has many laugh-aloud moments, at a deeper level, this comedic collection has some intellectual backbone. These are stories about characters tamping down their neuroses and getting on about life." -- hackwriters.com "It's hilarious...By these off-the-wall portrayals of ordinary people in seemingly harmless but nonetheless extraordinary predicaments, In the Pool delivers a good time indeed." -- Mark Schriber, The Japan Times No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)895.636Literature Literature of other languages Asian (east and south east) languages Japanese Japanese fiction 2000–Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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