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Jeff Backhaus

    Jeff Backhaus serviert Erzählungen, die so reich und vielfältig sind wie seine eigenen Lebenserfahrungen. Aus seiner Vergangenheit als Koch, Art Director und Berufspilot schöpfend, erforscht sein Schreiben die unerwarteten Texturen und Geschmacksnuancen menschlicher Erfahrung. Nachdem er in Korea gelebt und gearbeitet hat, bevor er sich in New York niederließ, überbrückt sein Werk oft kulturelle Gräben und untersucht die Feinheiten von Orten. Backhaus lädt die Leser auf Reisen ein, die so unkonventionell und fesselnd sind wie sein eigener abenteuerlicher Weg.

    Hikikomori and the Rental Sister
    • Hikikomori and the Rental Sister

      • 246 Seiten
      • 9 Lesestunden
      3,5(982)Abgeben

      hikikomori, n. h?kik?'mo?ri; literally pulling inward; refers to those who withdraw from society. Inspired by the real-life Japanese social phenomenon called hikikomori and the professional “rental sisters” hired to help, Hikikomori and the Rental Sister is about an erotic relationship between Thomas, an American hikikomori, and Megumi, a young Japanese immigrant hiding from her own past. The strange, insular world they create together in a New York City bedroom and with the tacit acknowledgment of Thomas’s wife reveals three human hearts in crisis, but leaves us with a profound faith in the human capacity to find beauty and meaning in life, even after great sorrow. Mirroring both East and West in its search for healing, Hikikomori and the Rental Sister pierces the emotional walls of grief and delves into the power of human connection to break through to the world waiting outside. Named an Indie Next pick, an Amazon Best Book of the Month, one of Book Riot’s 5 to Watch, and an iBooks Store Editor’s Choice in hardcover.

      Hikikomori and the Rental Sister