Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.
Perfectly constructed, funny, and moving, Strange Weather in Tokyo is a tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance.
- ISBN10 1846275083
- ISBN13 9781846275081
- Publish Date 1 August 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 January 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Granta Books
- Imprint Portobello Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English