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Author:

Hoshino, Tomoyuki, 1965- author.

Title:

Me / by Tomoyuki Hoshino ; afterword by Kenzaburo Oe ; translated by Charles De Wolf.

Publisher:

Akashic Books,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

239 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Older people--Crimes against--Fiction.
Deception--Fiction.
Impostors and imposture--Fiction.
Japan--Social life and customs--21st century--Fiction.
Tokyo (Japan)--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Oe, Kenzaburo, 1935- writer of afterword.
De Wolf, Charles, translator.
Translation of (work): Hoshino, Tomoyuki, 1965- Oreore. English.

Notes:

"Originally published in Japanese in 2010 by Shinchosha"--Title page verso.

Summary:

A young Tokyoite named Hitoshi Nagano who, on a whim, takes home a cell phone belonging to Daiki Hiyama who accidentally put it on Hitoshi's tray at McDonald's. Hitoshi uses the phone to call Daiki's mother, pretending he is Daiki, and convinces her to wire him 900,000 yen. Three days later, Hitoshi returns home from work to discover Daiki's mother in his apartment, and she seems to truly believe Hitoshi is her son. Even more bizarre, Hitoshi discovers his own parents now treat him as a stranger; they, too, have a "me" living with them as Hitoshi. At a loss for what else to do, Hitoshi begins living as Daiki, and no one seems to bat an eye. Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

161775448X
9781617754487

OCLC:

(OCoLC)959036913

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)