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Oben Erde, unten Himmel
“Earth Above, Sky Below” (title translated by AI)
Milena Michiko Flašar (born 1980)
English editions
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Mr Ono has died unnoticed, alone, and there are more and more like him. Only when the weather gets warmer do the neighbours call the police, and then Mr Sakai and his cleaning crew, which Suzu has just joined. Single with hamster, as she describes herself, the young job-seeker in Tokyo has been hired by a company specialising in kodokushi, the dead who lie unnoticed in their flats. The work demands patience, reverence, care and a strong stomach. Suzu learns fast and meets people, the dead and the living, with very different lives, and finds that she is suddenly much less alone.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 304 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2023 by Verlag Klaus Wagenbach
- Author's age
- 43 when first published
- ISBN
9783803133533 (original)
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