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The Pine Islands

Shortlisted for the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award for Cicerone Fiction, with a Sense of PlaceShortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International PrizeWinner of the Berlin Prize for LiteratureWhen Gilbert Silvester wakes one day from a dream that his wife has cheated on him, he flees – immediately, irrationally, inexplicably – for Japan.In Tokyo he discovers the travel writings of the great Japanese poet Basho. Suddenly, from Gilbert`s directionless crisis there emerges a purpose: a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the poet to see the moon rise over the pine islands of Matsushima.Along the way he falls into step with another pilgrim: Yosa, a young Japanese student clutching a copy of `The Complete Manual of Suicide`. Together, Gilbert and Yosa travel across Basho`s disappearing Japan, one in search of his perfect ending and the other a new beginning.Serene, playful and profound, `The Pine Islands` is a story of the transformations we seek and the ones we find along the way.

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