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Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel. Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire. Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished...
| ISBN | 0099448475 | | Pages | 240 | | ISBN13 | 9780099448471
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 169 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Vintage | | Previous ISBN | 9781860469664 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 03 Oct 2002 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 895.635 | | Spine width (mm) | 15 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General |
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