AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2019

When 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.

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入围2019年国际布克奖短名单

有一天，Gilbert Silvester梦到他妻子出轨，从梦中醒来后，他——立刻，失去理智，莫名其妙地——逃往日本。

在东京，他发现了日本伟大诗人Basho的旅行作品。突然间，Gilbert没有方向的危机出现了一个目的：沿着这位诗人的足迹来一场朝圣之旅，去松岛看月亮升起。

在路上，他遇到了另一位朝圣者：Yosa，一个拿着一本《自杀手册大全》的年轻日本学生。他们一起穿越Basho笔下正在消失的日本，一个为了寻找完美的结束，另一个为了寻找新的开始。