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I Called Him Necktie by Milena Michiko Flašar is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is I Called Him Necktie about?
Twenty-year-old Taguchi Hiro has spent the last two years of his life living as a hikikomori — a shut-in who never leaves his room and has no human interaction — in his parents' home in Tokyo. As Hiro tentatively decides to reenter the world, he spends his days observing life around him from a park bench. Gradually he makes friends with Ohara Tetsu, a middle-aged salaryman who has lost his job but can't bring himself to tell his wife, and shows up every day in a suit and tie to pass the time on a nearby bench. As Hiro and Tetsu cautiously open up to each other, they discover in their sadness a common bond. Regrets and disappointments, as well as hopes and dreams, come to the surface until both find the strength to somehow give a new start to their lives. This beautiful novel is moving, unforgettable, and full of surprises. The reader turns the last page feeling that a small triumph has occurred. I Called Him Necktie won the 2012 Austrian Alpha Literature Prize.
Who reads I Called Him Necktie?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Milena Michiko Flašar
- Publisher
- New Vessel Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 4.06 / 5 (329 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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