A devilishly intelligent new novel by the internationally bestselling author and Prix Médicis winner. A black writer from Montreal has found the perfect title for his next book I Am a Japanese Writer . His publisher gives him an advance on the strength of the title alone. The problem is, he can't seem to write a word of it. He can scarcely summon the energy to put pen to paper, and so he nurses his writer's block by taking long baths, re-reading the works of Japanese poet Basho and engaging in amorous intrigues with rising pop star Midori and her entourage of vampire girls. For the writer, tho.
"Il vit à Montréal, il lit Mishima et Basho, il drague des japonaises, il passe sa journée au café, il projette d'écrire un roman ou de faire un film, mais plus particulièrement un roman ou un film à la manière des maîtres japonais. C'est ce qu'il raconte à une journaliste japonaise en tournée dans la métropole québécoise, et c'est ainsi que le scandale éclate à Tokyo. Comment peut-on, quand on vit à Montréal, se prendre pour un écrivain et un cinéaste japonais ?--[Memento]."
"Montréal. Un homme mène une vie des plus tranquilles jusqu'au jour où il reçoit la visite du vice-consul de l'ambassade du Japon qui lui apprend sa célébrité à Tokyo depuis qu'il a annoncé qu'il écrivait un livre intitulé Je suis un écrivain japonais. --[Memento]."
"Montréal. Un homme mène une vie des plus tranquilles jusqu'au jour où il reçoit la visite du vice-consul de l'ambassade du Japon qui lui apprend sa célébrité à Tokyo depuis qu'il a annoncé qu'il écrivait un livre intitulé Je suis un écrivain japonais."
"A devilishly intelligent new novel by the internationally bestselling author and Prix Médicis winner. A black writer from Montreal has found the perfect title for his next book I Am a Japanese Writer . His publisher gives him an advance on the strength of the title alone. The problem is, he can't seem to write a word of it. He can scarcely summon the energy to put pen to paper, and so he nurses his writer's block by taking long baths, re-reading the works of Japanese poet Basho and engaging in amorous intrigues with rising pop star Midori and her entourage of vampire girls. For the writer, tho."@en
"A black writer from Montreal sells a book with only a title; when he can't write the story and starts living it he becomes a celebrity until things start to go wrong."@en
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