Description

Middle-aged, jaded and divorced, TV scriptwriter, Harada returns one night to the dilapidated downtown district of Tokyo where he grew up. There, at the theatre, he meets a likable man who looks exactly like his long-dead father. And so begins Harada’s ordeal, as he’s thrust into a reality where his parents appear to be alive at the exact age they had been when they had died so many years before.

Publisher Review

“‘A cerebral and haunting ghost story… Highly recommended.’ David Mitchell ‘A memorably uncanny tapestry… The powerful mood of Strangers lingers long after its graceful, downbeat ending has passed.’ Guardian ‘A disconcerting, yet deeply satisfying novel: a wonderful study of grief and isolation, a moving expression of our longing for things we have lost and are unable to have again.’ Daily Mail”