Office of Gardens and Ponds (Decoin Didier)(Paperback)

A mesmerising fable with a difference, set in Japan over 1000 years agoFor readers of Alessandro Baricco''s Silk, Patrick Süskind''s Perfume and Takashi Hiraide''s The Guest Cat.The village of Shimae is thrown into turmoil when master carp-catcher Katsuro suddenly drowns in the murky waters of the Kusagawa river. Who now will carry the precious cargo of carp to the Imperial Palace and preserve the crucial patronage that everyone in the village depends upon?Step forward Miyuki, Katsuro''s grief-struck widow and the only remaining person in the village who knows anything about carp. She alone ca
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