'I am still unable to leave the burnt-out ruins' Akiyuki Nosaka, 2014
In 1945, Akiyuki Nosaka watched the Allied firebombing of Kobe kill his adoptive parents, and then witnessed his sister starving to death. The shocking and blisteringly memorable stories of The Cake Tree in the Ruins are based on his own experiences as a child in Japan during the Second World War.
They are stories of a lovely whale searching the oceans for a mate, who sacrifices himself for love; of a mother desperately trying to save her own son with her tears; of a huge, magnificent tree which grows amid the ruins of a burnt-out town, its branches made from the sweetest cake imaginable.
Profound, heartbreaking and aglow with a piercing beauty, they express the chaos and terror of conflict, yet also how love can illuminate even the darkest moment.
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'I am still unable to leave the burnt-out ruins' Akiyuki Nosaka, 2014
In 1945, Akiyuki Nosaka watched the Allied firebombing of Kobe kill his adoptive parents, and then witnessed his sister starving to death. The shocking and blisteringly memorable stories of The Cake Tree in the Ruins are based on his own experiences as a child in Japan during the Second World War.
They are stories of a lovely whale searching the oceans for a mate, who sacrifices himself for love; of a mother desperately trying to save her own son with her tears; of a huge, magnificent tree which grows amid the ruins of a burnt-out town, its branches made from the sweetest cake imaginable.
Profound, heartbreaking and aglow with a piercing beauty, they express the chaos and terror of conflict, yet also how love can illuminate even the darkest moment.
Imprint | Pushkin Press |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | August 2018 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days |
Authors | Akiyuki Nosaka |
Translators | Ginny Takemori |
Dimensions | 165 x 120 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 160 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78227-418-6 |
Barcode | 9781782274186 |
Languages | value |
Subtitles | value |
Categories | |
LSN | 1-78227-418-9 |