{"product_id":"9781741667233","title":"Dreams Of Speaking","description":"Author: Jones, Gail\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781741667233\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2007\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vision of Japan as you have never imagined it. A brilliant and moving novel about displacement and belonging by the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSixty Lights\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFive Bells\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vision of Japan as you have never imagined it. A brilliant and moving novel about displacement and belonging by the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSixty Lights\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFive Bells\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eShe wished to study the unremarked beauty of modern things, of telephones, aeroplanes, computer screens and electric lights, of television, cars and underground transportation.  There had to be in the world of mechanical efficiency some mystery of transaction, the summoning of remote meanings, an extra dimension - supernatural, sure. There had to be a lost sublimity, of something once strange, now familiar, tame.''We must talk, Alice Black, about this world of modern things.  This buzzing world.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice is entranced by the aesthetics of technology and, in every aeroplane flight, every Xerox machine, every neon sign, sees the poetry of modernity.  Mr Sakamoto, a survivor of the atomic bomb, is an expert on Alexander Graham Bell.  Like Alice, he is culturally and geographically displaced.  The pair forge an unlikely friendship as Mr Sakamoto regales Alice with stories of twentieth-century invention.  His own knowledge begins to inform her writing, and these two solitary beings become a mutual support for each other a long way from home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis novel from prize-winning author Gail Jones is distinguished in its honesty and intelligence.  From the boundlessness of space walking to the frustrating constrictions of one person's daily existence, \u003ci\u003eDreams of Speaking\u003c\/i\u003e paints with grace and skill the experience of needing to belong despite wanting to be alone.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48312782749854,"sku":"UBD-9781741667233","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781741667233.jpg?v=1790069647","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781741667233","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}