num_pages: 224
description: A charmingly warm and hopeful story of love friendship and the power of human connection. Award-winning Japanese author Shion Miuras novel is a reminder that a life dedicated to passion is a life well lived.Inspired as a boy by the multiple meanings to be found for a single word in the dictionary Kohei Araki is devoted to the notion that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years creating them at Gembu Books its time for him to retire and find his replacement.He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majimea young disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguisticswhom he swipes from his companys sales department.Led by his new mentor and joined by an energetic if reluctant new recruit and an elder linguistics scholar Majime is tasked with a career-defining accomplishment: completing The Great Passage a comprehensive 2900-page tome of the Japanese language. On his journey Majime discovers friendship romance and an incredible dedication to his work inspired by the bond that connects us all: words.
language: English
title: The Great Passage
publisher: Amazon Crossing