Miura Shion - The Great Passage - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: An award - winning story of love friendship and the power of human connection. Kohei Araki believes that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty - seven years of creating dictionaries it's time for him to retire and find his replacement. He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime a young disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguistics whom he swipes from his company's sales department. Along with an energetic if reluctant new recruit and an elder linguistics scholar Majime is tasked with a career - defining accomplishment: completing The Great Passage a comprehensive 2,900 - page tome of the Japanese language. On his journey Majime discovers friendship romance and an incredible dedication to his work inspired by the words that connect us all.
Title: The Great Passage
Author(s): Miura Shion
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Barcode: 9781477823071
Pages: 222 Pages
Publication Date: 6/1/2017
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction