Books like Tokyo cancelled by Rana Dasgupta
At a snowy Tokyo airport where all flights are grounded, a group of thirteen passengers huddle by the silent baggage carousels and exchange tales that transform a night of delay into a contemporary fable. The stories—of a Ukrainian merchant guided by a wingless bird, a son of a famed actor mastering transubstantiation, a memory‑manipulating man confronting his past, a Japanese entrepreneur risking all for a doll, and a mute Turkish girl alone with a globe‑mapping German—capture lives in transit and the universal threads of hope, ambition, and disappointment. Drawing inspiration from Borges and Calvino, Rana Dasgupta blends a vibrant modern setting with a timeless, beguiling fairy‑tale ethos, giving voice to extraordinary characters in a world that feels both ineffable and wonderfully mysterious.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Rana Dasgupta
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