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Number9dream
Sign in to savenumber9dream is the second novel by English author David Mitchell. Set in Japan, the 2001 novel narrates 19-year-old Eiji Miyake's search for his father, whom he has never met. Told in the first person by Eiji, it is a coming of age and perception story that breaks convention by juxtaposing Eiji Miyake's actual journey toward identity and understanding with his imaginative journey. The novel employs eclectic narrations in each chapter.
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- Author
- David Mitchell
- First published
- 2001
- Editions
- 13
- Subjects
- Fiction, general, Fathers and sons, fiction, Tokyo (japan), fiction, Birthfathers, Children of prostitutes, Fathers and sons, Fiction, Young men
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Summary of the plot
- One: Panopticon
- Two: Lost Property
- Three: Video Games
- Four: Reclaimed Land
- Five: Study of Tales
- Six: Kai Ten
- Seven: Cards
- Eight: The language of mountains is rain
- Nine
- Main characters
- Critical reaction
- See also
- References
- External links
- Reviews
- Critical essays
number9dream is the second novel by English author David Mitchell. Set in Japan, the 2001 novel narrates 19-year-old Eiji Miyake's search for his father, whom he has never met. Told in the first person by Eiji, it is a coming of age and perception story that breaks convention by juxtaposing Eiji Miyake's actual journey toward identity and understanding with his imaginative journey. The novel employs eclectic narrations in each chapter.
==Summary of the plot== The novel is divided into 9 chapters.
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