Yoko Ogawa
Mina's Matchbox Hardback Book
On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars.After the death of her father, twelveyearold Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncles magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko its sprawling gardens are even home to a pygmy hippo the family keeps as a pet. Tomoko finds her relatives equally exotic and beguiling and her growing friendship with her cousin Mina draws her into an intoxicating world full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling.Rich with the magic and mystery of youth, Minas Matchbox is an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.Praise for Minas Matchbox I read Minas Matchbox like a besotted child, enraptured, never wanting it to end. RUTH OZEKI, author of The Book of Form and EmptinessDreamy and whimsical, Minas Matchbox traffics in the themes at which Ogawa always excels memory, identity, and nostalgia Esquire, Best Books of the Summer A conspicuously gifted writer. . . To read Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state. . . She possesses an effortless, glassy, eerie brilliance GuardianEvokes the secret crushes and crushing secrets of girlhood with charm and elegance PeopleImmersive and poignant. . . filled with wonder BookpageBeguiling New Yorker, Best Books of 2024The world...
Binding: Hardback;240 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FA; Weight: 514 g; Dimensions: 144 x 224 x 30
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On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars.After the death of her father, twelveyearold Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncles magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko its sprawling gardens are even home to a pygmy hippo the family keeps as a pet. Tomoko finds her relatives equally exotic and beguiling and her growing friendship with her cousin Mina draws her into an intoxicating world full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling.Rich with the magic and mystery of youth, Minas Matchbox is an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.Praise for Minas Matchbox I read Minas Matchbox like a besotted child, enraptured, never wanting it to end. RUTH OZEKI, author of The Book of Form and EmptinessDreamy and whimsical, Minas Matchbox traffics in the themes at which Ogawa always excels memory, identity, and nostalgia Esquire, Best Books of the Summer A conspicuously gifted writer. . . To read Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state. . . She possesses an effortless, glassy, eerie brilliance GuardianEvokes the secret crushes and crushing secrets of girlhood with charm and elegance PeopleImmersive and poignant. . . filled with wonder BookpageBeguiling New Yorker, Best Books of 2024The world...
Binding: Hardback;240 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FA; Weight: 514 g; Dimensions: 144 x 224 x 30
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Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
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