Why a Booktrail?
2000s: A beautiful tale of friendship, transformation and acceptance in modern Japan.
The Pine Islands
What you need to know before your trail
When Gilbert wakes one day from a dream that his wife has cheated on him, he flees – immediately and inexplicably – for Tokyo, where he meets a fellow lost soul: Yosa, a young Japanese student clutching a copy of The Complete Manual of Suicide. Together, Gilbert and Yosa set off on a pilgrimage to see the pine islands of Matsushima, one looking for the perfect end to his life, the other for a fresh start.
Travel Guide
Travel to the Pine Islands, Japan,BookTrail style
The journey in this book will see you picking up a book by Japanese poet Bashō and then heading off to the pine islands of Matsushima. These are the very islands which took Basho’s breath away when he visited them once before. Now they offer him a sanctuary and place to heal after he suspects his wife of having an affair. What he discovers here will stay with him for the rest of his life. Not to mention who he meets.
Bashō is a poet and he was he who first invented haiku!
Matsushima
This is known as the bay of islands and is one of, if not the most, beautiful place in the whole of Japan
Bashō wrote about this place and was inspired to change his entire life, giving up all worldly possessions. The man in the novel takes his book and travels with it around Japan and the Pine Islands on a booktrail! What will he find and what kind of journey will he have?
Booktrailer Review
A brilliant read for WITMonth!
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Pine Islands
Destination/location: Japan Author/guide: Marion Poschmann Departure Time: 2000s
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