- Paperback: 231 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books USA; Original edition (Dec 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0307473694
- ISBN-13: 978-0307473691
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 1.8 x 20.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,851,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Meet Hiro. She's tall, lanky and awkward—a twenty-something Japanese woman who has decamped to Vietnam from Tokyo to work as a language teacher.
Meet Dung. She's shy, beautiful, and tough—a young Vietnamese woman studying Japanese, determined to create a better life for herself and her family.
When Dung becomes one of Hiro's students, they are instantly drawn to each other. For both of them, it is their first time in love with another woman. But when Konno, an older Japanese businessman, befriends Hiro, Dung begins to grow unbearably jealous. What unfolds is a love triangle with very complicated, ultimately devastating, results. Set against the backdrop of a Vietnam on the economic rise, debut novelist Aska Mochizuki vividly brings to life the buzz of motorcycles and the tastes of Vietnamese coffee and spicy papaya salads; the confines of the Vietnamese family; the lingering effects of long wars; the rich who ride the economic wave and the poor who are left behind. Spinning Tropics is a lush and evocative story of an intoxicating love affair.
Meet Dung. She's shy, beautiful, and tough—a young Vietnamese woman studying Japanese, determined to create a better life for herself and her family.
When Dung becomes one of Hiro's students, they are instantly drawn to each other. For both of them, it is their first time in love with another woman. But when Konno, an older Japanese businessman, befriends Hiro, Dung begins to grow unbearably jealous. What unfolds is a love triangle with very complicated, ultimately devastating, results. Set against the backdrop of a Vietnam on the economic rise, debut novelist Aska Mochizuki vividly brings to life the buzz of motorcycles and the tastes of Vietnamese coffee and spicy papaya salads; the confines of the Vietnamese family; the lingering effects of long wars; the rich who ride the economic wave and the poor who are left behind. Spinning Tropics is a lush and evocative story of an intoxicating love affair.
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First effort
4 July 2011
Format:Paperback
Found this at the library yesterday, a new Japanese book that I had not seen before. There was an interesting blurb about the author, that this book won the Random House Kodansha Prize. The what? I know Random House, I know Kodansha, but what...? It seems that it might be a prize that the publishers give to their own books. I am unable to find any other references to it.
This is probably a "first book" by this author. It has some promise but it just doesn't keep it. It seems as though it just can't figure out what kind of book it is supposed to be. Part travelogue, part sociological study, part novel but it doesn't successfully fill any of them. The author touches on some potentially weighty topics but never investigates any of them. Too bad.
This is probably a "first book" by this author. It has some promise but it just doesn't keep it. It seems as though it just can't figure out what kind of book it is supposed to be. Part travelogue, part sociological study, part novel but it doesn't successfully fill any of them. The author touches on some potentially weighty topics but never investigates any of them. Too bad.
Good Debut
2 Dec 2010
Format:Paperback
Mochizuki's debut in English translation is a quick, engrossing read. While it will not probably change your life, it is great for a weekend getaway. Mochizuki does a great job transporting readers into unfamiliar territory and providing a glimpse into the life of a language teacher in a foreign country.
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