Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
"Imbued with optimism-that despite living an unremarkable life or feeling small in the midst of an unrelenting vastness, you can achieve your dreams."
-Chicago Review of Books
"A haunting portrait of Tokyo life."-Shelf Awareness
Set in the early hours of the morning in and around Tokyo, this ingeniously constructed American debut is an energetic fresco of nocturnal existence. Hailed as a m lange of Agatha Christie, Teju Cole, and Hieronymus Bosch, Goodnight Tokyo is a compelling reflection on human relationships in modern-day metropolises at the intersection of isolation and intimacy.
Yoshida's debut offers readers a unique and intimate take on Tokyo; its characters are mysteriously but intricately interconnected and their fates converge and diverge on the city's neon-lit streets and in its nighttime alleys.
"Goodnight Tokyo explores the hushed surprises and understated mysteries enmeshed in daily human connectivity."-Foreword Reviews (starred review)
"Readers will be reminded of Jim Jarmusch's 1991 movie Night on Earth."-NPR
"Explores all of the surprising and mysterious ways we affect each other."-Bustle