Met Walkers Book Club: ‘Four Seasons in Japan’ by Nick Bradley
When: Wednesday, 11 November @ 19:00
Where: Craft Brew Co. 82 Leather Lane EC1N 7TR
Organiser: John L (phone: 07810 897 291)
Details:
The Met Walkers book club is aimed at walkers who enjoy reading, and want to talk about books with other people. Each month we will read and discuss a book, plus join the WhatsApp group to help shape which books are read in the future, please contact me via the above number to be added.
This month we enter the world of literature in Japan. With Nick Bradley’s ‘Four Seasons in Japan’ from the dust jacket: ” Flo is sick of Tokyo.
Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up and she’s in a relationship that’s run its course.
That’s until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a fellow passenger on the Tokyo Subway.
From the very first page, Flo is transformed and immediately feels compelled to translate this forgotten novel, a decision which sets her on a path that will change her life…”
Nick Bradley is the author of ‘The Cat in the City’ (2020) and ‘Four Seasons in Japan’ (2023). In 2024 he was chosen by The British Council and The National Centre for Writing as one of ten rising stars in UK writing. His work has so far been translated into twenty languages.
He lived in Japan for many years where he worked as a translator, and currently teaches on the Creative Writing master’s programme at the University of Cambridge and also taught on the Creative Writing Prose Fiction MA at UEA.
Nearest tube or bus: Chancery Lane (Central Line); Farringdon (Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan line; Elizabeth line; and Thameslink national rail)