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Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, ´Sensei´, in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love. Perfectly constructed, funny, and moving, Strange Weather in Tokyo is a tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance.

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Hiromi Kawakami, 1958 in Tokio geboren, studierte Naturwissenschaften. Sie unterrichtete Biologie, bevor 1994 ihr erster Roman erschien. Ihre Bücher wurden mit zahlreichen Literaturpreisen ausgezeichnet. Hiromi Kawakami zählt zu den populärsten Schriftstellern Japans.

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