Cherry Whip

di Michael Antman (Autore)

Donovan Street Press, 2025

"Originally released 20 years ago, this superb novel returns in a well-deserved reissue. ...Hiroshi's recovery, family dynamics, and inner life are all fascinatingly described in rich detail. This edition features a new foreword and afterword, offering insightful context on how the author's own time in Japan inspired this irreverent, poignant, and wondrously odd tale." — Alexander Moran, Booklist (Starred Review) The poignant and hilarious tale of a Japanese musician's struggles with genius and illness in a vividly realized New York City. From the moment the deeply eccentric Hiroshi, a budding Japanese jazz genius, hits American ground, the ground starts hitting back with everything it's got -- just as he is to begin a high-profile gig that promises to make his career. Hiroshi's experiences in New York are exhilarating and humiliating, thrilling and traumatic in equal measure. As the quirky, disaster-prone, and language- and music-obsessed artist struggles to recover both emotionally and physically from a paralyzing illness that may render him unable to ever again play his clarinet, he must also cope with the long-distance betrayal of his beautiful girlfriend and with his sublimated guilt over his role in the death of his sister many years ago, at the dusty end of a mysterious route she called "The Forbidden Pathway" in the tiny country town in Japan where they grew up. This seriocomic novel, densely populated with quirky characters, is a love letter to New York City and to the English language.

• Autore: Michael Antman
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Donovan Street Press
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9781069096562