Four Seasons in Japan

Surprisingly moving … This is a novel that occupies multiple worlds in multiple ways … a postmodern riddle while also making for an emotionally engaging story … there’s something here for everyone. * The Times *
Bradley builds a poignant, quiet and affecting novel full of love as well as loss. * Observer *
Transportive, mesmerising and beautiful, there is such a poignancy and tenderness to the story … written with lyrical prose that is emotive and warm. Every book worm would love this. * Glamour *
Heartwarming * Cosmopolitan *
Bradley has created an authentic sense of place, capturing the parochial intimacies and day-to-day rhythms of small-town life in Japan * Literary Review *
My favourite novel, a delight for lovers of Japan… Ingenious * David Abulafia, TLS *
A soulful story about Japanese culture, tradition and resilience * Woman’s Weekly *
This is a gentle, tender and thoughtful book, exploring literature, love, human connection, Japanese culture and the disillusion of youth. It features beautiful imagery and is crafted in such a way that you want to savour every chapter. * Culturefly *
Four Seasons in Japan doubles as a love letter to Japanese culture, its landscape, and literature, exploring the comfort found in books and the (mis)understanding between generations. * Country & Town House *
This novel is like the waves of the Seto Inland Sea. Waves that calmly roll in and out, permeating the reader’s heart and mind profoundly, and before you know it there’s a rich high tide. * Kyoko Nakajima, author of Things Remembered and Things Forgotten *

Nick Bradley is the author of THE CAT AND 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.

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