Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki games QuadrilleISBN: 9781787134652Extent: 256 pages

QuadrilleISBN: 9781787134652Extent: 256 pages

A shipping container is mysteriously dumped in the Swedish port town of Norrtalje

But when he receives the ultimate assignment—to get married and have a kid—he may finally be in over his head

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Yet some people weren't so sure

Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki games QuadrilleISBN: 9781787134652Extent: 256 pagesA moving portrayal of a troubled motherdaughter relationship, shortlisted for Japans prestigious Akutagawa Prize. In 2008, the unnamed narrator of Gifted is working as a hostess and living in Tokyos nightlife district. One day, her estranged mother, who is seriously ill, suddenly turns up at her door. As the mother approaches the end of her life, the two women must navigate their strained relationship, while the narrator also reckons with events