Travel

the long version

Three men board a train and walk through it until they find seats, then ride through changing scenery until they reach their destination, a waterfront. The point of the book is Yokoyama's outlandish, hyperstylized designs for characters, architecture and landscapes. Everything and everyone is abstracted until nothing is left but a few identifying features; some sequences, as when the train passes through a rain shower, are almost pure pattern--Publisher's Weekly.