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Kuroko
de Shigematsu, Tetsuro
- Usado
- as new
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 1772012696
- ISBN 13
- 9781772012699
- Librería
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada : Talonbooks, 2020. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. As New, May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ A Father Who Feels His Family Is Better Off Without Him ... A Daughter Who Retreats Completely Into The Virtual World ... A Family Torn Apart By The Past With Little Hope For A Future. But Each Discovers The Desire To Save Each Other, And Perhaps Themselves. From The Acclaimed Canadian Playwright, Comedian, And Radio Broadcaster Tetsuro Shigematsu, Author Of The Award-Winning Plays Empire Of The Son And 1 Hour Photo, Comes A Powerful Display Of Theatrical And Literary Emotion: Kuroko. Maya Is A Hikikomori (?????), An Extreme Recluse Who Hasn't Left Her Bedroom In Five Years, Spending All Her Time In Virtual Reality. So Her Father Hires An Actor To Befriend Her Online And Entice Her Back Into The Real World. How? By Visiting The Scariest Place On Earth, Aokigahara, The "Suicide Forest." When We Lose What Gives Our Lives Purpose, When The Distance Between Us And Those Closest To Us Seems Impossible To Bridge, Where Do We Turn? Can Virtual Worlds Offer Real Solutions? Is An Honourable Death Better Than A Meaningless Life? Kuroko Is A Story About A Family Who Are Worlds Apart, Separated By Pain, From Past And Present, Alone In The Real And Virtual Worlds, Each Unsure Of The Way Back Home. It Is A Story About Finding Something Real In The Places We Least Expect It, Of Building Bridges Where Healing Seems Impossible, And Saving Others As A Way Of Saving Ourselves. Like Good Speculative Fiction That Is Ostensibly About The Future, But Actually Addresses The Present, Kuroko May Be Set In Japan, But It Is In Fact An Examination Of Contemporary Western Culture.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Alright Bookstore
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 008060
- Título
- Kuroko
- Autor
- Shigematsu, Tetsuro
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 1772012696
- ISBN 13
- 9781772012699
- Editorial
- Talonbooks
- Lugar de publicación
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Fecha de publicación
- 2020
- Páginas
- 160
- Palabras clave
- Plays, Award, Canada, Drama, Fiction, Writing, Essays, Contemporary, Screenplays
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Writing - Plays - Screeenplays;
- X weight
- 750 g
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Sobre el vendedor
Alright Bookstore
Miembro de Biblio desde 2022
Edmonton, Alberta
Sobre Alright Bookstore
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