{"product_id":"the-great-passage-9781477823071","title":"The Great Passage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning story of love, friendship, and the power of human connection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kohei Araki believes that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years of creating dictionaries, it's time for him to retire and find his replacement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime--a young, disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguistics--whom he swipes from his company's sales department.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with an energetic, if reluctant, new recruit and an elder linguistics scholar, Majime is tasked with a career-defining accomplishment: completing \u003ci\u003eThe Great Passage\u003c\/i\u003e, a comprehensive 2,900-page tome of the Japanese language. On his journey, Majime discovers friendship, romance, and an incredible dedication to his work, inspired by the words that connect us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shion Miura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon Crossing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477823071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2017 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiura, Shion:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eShion Miura, the daughter of a well-known Japanese classics scholar, started an online book-review column before she graduated from Waseda University. In 2000, she made her fiction debut with \u003ci\u003eKakuto suru mono ni mar\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eA Passing Grade for Those Who Fight\u003c\/i\u003e), a novel based in part on her own experiences during her job hunt. In 2006, she won the Naoki Prize for her linked-story collection \u003ci\u003eMahoro ekimae Tada Benriken\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Handymen in Mahoro Town\u003c\/i\u003e). Her other prominent novels include \u003ci\u003eKaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Wind Blows Hard\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eKogure-so monogatari\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Kogure Apartments\u003c\/i\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eAno ie ni kurasu yonin no onna\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Four Women Living in That House\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eFune o amu\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Great Passage\u003c\/i\u003e) received the Booksellers Award in Japan in 2012 and was developed into a major motion picture. She has also published more than fifteen collections of essays and is a manga aficionado.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinters Carpenter, Juliet:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJuliet Winters Carpenter attended the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo. Her first translated book, Kobo Abe's \u003ci\u003eMikkai\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSecret Rendezvous\u003c\/i\u003e), received the Japan-US Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. In 2014, more than three decades later, \u003ci\u003eHonkaku shosetsu\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eA True Novel\u003c\/i\u003e), by Minae Mizumura, received the same award, as well as the Lewis Galantière Prize of the American Translators Association. Carpenter's other translations--more than fifty--include nearly every genre of fiction and nonfiction, as well as film subtitles and song lyrics. A professor at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto, Carpenter has lived in Japan since 1975. She's licensed to teach the Japanese instruments koto and shamisen and sings alto in the Kyoto City Philharmonic Chorus. She and her husband divide their time between Kyoto and Whidbey Island, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Shion Miura \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47629508116637,"sku":"9781477823071","price":29.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5878a74e-d78b-4d62-a37d-94a67b41feab.jpg?v=1770190511","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-great-passage-9781477823071","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}