On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting starsAfter the death of her father, twelve-year-old 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. While the 1970s transform Japan, her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion is a place out of time; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pet pygmy hippo.
Equally beguiling are Tomoko’s relatives, especially her cousin Mina. Their growing friendship draws her into an intoxicating world – one full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling. Rich with the magic and mystery of youth, Mina’s Matchbox is an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.
'Beguiling' New Yorker‘Beautifully composed’ Financial Times‘Effervescent’ New York Times Book Review‘Transfixing’ Time'I read Mina’s Matchbox like a besotted child, enraptured, never wanting it to end' Ruth Ozeki
| Autor |
Yoko Ogawa |
|---|---|
| Vydavateľ |
Vintage Publishing |
| Jazyk | anglický |
| Väzba | Paperback / softback |
| Počet strán | 288 |
| Formát | 198 x 129 x 35 |
| Hmotnosť | 200 |
| EAN | 9781529933536 |
| Rok vydania | 2025 |
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