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I Called Him Necktie

Compare Textbook Prices for I Called Him Necktie  ISBN 9781939931146 by Flasar, Milena Michiko,Dickie, Sheila
Authors: Flasar, Milena Michiko,Dickie, Sheila
ISBN:1939931142
ISBN-13: 9781939931146
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“Probe[s] deeply below the surfaces of familiar Japanese stereotypes . . . A compassionate and insightful story of dysfunction, despair and friendship” (Ruth Ozeki, award-winning author of A Tale for the Time Being).   Twenty-year-old Taguchi Hiro has spent the last two years of his life living as a hikikomori—a shut-in who never leaves his room and has no human interaction—in his parents’ home in Tokyo. As Hiro tentatively decides to reenter the world, he spends his days observing life around him from a park bench. Gradually, he makes friends with Ohara Tetsu, a middle-aged salaryman who has lost his job but can’t bring himself to tell his wife, who shows up every day in a suit and tie to pass the time on a nearby bench. As Hiro and Tetsu cautiously open up to each other, they discover in their sadness a common bond. Regrets and disappointments, as well as hopes and dreams, come to the surface until both find the strength to somehow give a new start to their lives. This beautiful novel is moving, unforgettable, and full of surprises. The reader turns the last page feeling that a small triumph has occurred.   “The best of the best from this year’s bountiful harvest of uncommonly strange offerings . . . Deeply original.” —O, The Oprah Magazine   “Exceptional . . . In today’s less-than-brave new world in which sincere human interaction is disappearing even as the numbers of so-called ‘friends’ are multiplying, Necktie is a piercing reminder to acknowledge, nurture, and share our humanity.” —BookDragon   “The quiet reflection of this jewel of a novel is revelatory, redemptive and hypnotic until the last word.” —Kirkus Reviews

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