Flo est une jeune étudiante issue d’un milieu conformiste, mais son rêve obnubilant de devenir une grande journaliste, la met déjà en péril. La situation se complique lorsque, avec son ami Colin, elle s’invente un engagement politique dans le but d’accéder aux locaux d’un petit syndicat, afin d’utiliser un matériel informatique qui leur fait défaut. … Continue reading
Tomes 1, 2 et 3 Tokyo, au début de la libération des mœurs des années 70, Kyôko et Jirô vivent en couple bien que non mariés. Elle est graphiste dans une agence de pub. Lui est illustrateur débutant. Les années 1970, le Japon est en plein transition. Nous suivons l’histoire d’un jeune couple amoureux, qui … Continue reading
Growing up in the suburbs of post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto, also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons listening to her father’s record collection. But when his family moved away, the two lost touch. Now Hajime is in his … Continue reading
“Life and loss, one song at a time,” says the tagline on the book cover. Shy music geek Rob meets outgoing punk rock girl, Renée and they fall in love. They get married but he later loses her, forever (this is no spoiler, you learn it from the first few lines of the book, if … Continue reading
I’m a great fan of Jonathon Coe, and while this is not my favourite of his books, I really enjoyed the read. Maxwell – a lonely, depressive, 48 year-old – isn’t really the most engaging of characters but Coe somehow gets us interested in him, as we follow him on his journey from Sydney, across … Continue reading
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