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The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu

Augusto Higa Oshiro
3.59/5 (137 ratings)
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Katzuo Nakamatsu is at sea after being forced out of his job as a literature professor without warning. He retreats into flânerie, musing with imaginary interlocutors, roaming the streets of Lima, and reciting the poems of Martín Adán. Slowly, to the “steady beat of his reptile feet,” Nakamatsu arranges his quiet ceremony of farewell. With an electric lunacy, he spruces himself up with a pinstripe tie, tortoiseshell glasses, and wooden cane, taking on the costume of an old man he knew as a child, hoping to grasp that man’s tenacious Japanese identity. Like a logic puzzle, Enlightenment calibrates Augusto Higa Oshiro’s own entangled Japanese-Peruvian identity. Reminiscent of Kurasawa’s film Ikiru, Enlightenment emerges from a dark and labyrinthine mindscape, unraveling toward sublime disintegration.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
150 pages
Publication:
2023
Publisher:
Archipelago Books
Edition:
1st
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1953861520
ISBN13:
9781953861528
kindle Asin:
B0B96RJ1FQ

The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu

Augusto Higa Oshiro
3.59/5 (137 ratings)
Read Download
Katzuo Nakamatsu is at sea after being forced out of his job as a literature professor without warning. He retreats into flânerie, musing with imaginary interlocutors, roaming the streets of Lima, and reciting the poems of Martín Adán. Slowly, to the “steady beat of his reptile feet,” Nakamatsu arranges his quiet ceremony of farewell. With an electric lunacy, he spruces himself up with a pinstripe tie, tortoiseshell glasses, and wooden cane, taking on the costume of an old man he knew as a child, hoping to grasp that man’s tenacious Japanese identity. Like a logic puzzle, Enlightenment calibrates Augusto Higa Oshiro’s own entangled Japanese-Peruvian identity. Reminiscent of Kurasawa’s film Ikiru, Enlightenment emerges from a dark and labyrinthine mindscape, unraveling toward sublime disintegration.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
150 pages
Publication:
2023
Publisher:
Archipelago Books
Edition:
1st
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1953861520
ISBN13:
9781953861528
kindle Asin:
B0B96RJ1FQ

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