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A boy in his second year of high school finds an old green Bianchi in the garden shed, rides it to school, then cuts class and simply keeps going north, his school run stretched into Fukushima, Yamagata, Akita and Aomori. There is no goal and almost nobody to meet: the days shrink to eating, riding, resting, the slump when his energy runs out and the relief of reaching a town. What wears him out more is his phone, as he keeps answering messages from his parents, friends and new girlfriend in Tokyo with lies.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

156 pages in the original

Genres

Coming of age (assigned by AI)

Set in

Japan

First published

2008 by Kawade Shobo Shinsha

Author's age

23 when first published

ISBN

9784309018584 (original)