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Songs for Ghosts

Clara Kumagai author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Publishing:6th Mar '25

£14.99

This title is due to be published on 6th March, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Songs for Ghosts cover

From Catfish Rolling's Clara Kumagai, a second novel full of longing, love and heartbreak, inspired by Puccini's Madame Butterfly.

Turn the page, strike a chord.

There are restless ghosts to be appeased...

When Japanese-American teenager, Adam, discovers a diary in his attic, he is enthralled by its account of a young Japanese woman’s life. A hundred years separate them yet she, like Adam, is caught between cultures, relationships and heartbreak.

She also writes of the ghosts that have begun to seek her out, which Adam dismisses as fantasy – until he too, begins to be haunted. It leads him to Nagasaki, trying to solve the mystery of the diary, and his own identity.

And the ghosts gather...

With lyrical prose and dollops of magical realism, Clara Kumagai’s exquisite Catfish Rolling is a haunting account of a time-fragmented Japan. * The Irish Times, Best Books of 2023 *
One of the year’s most memorable debuts... an original and ambitious coming of age novel told against the rich back drop of Japanese folklore and culture. * Observer, Best Books of 2023, on Catfish Rolling *
Mining philosophy, science fiction and Japanese mythology to craft a mature, compelling story of loss and tragedy, Kumagai spins the tale of a Japan fractured in time by an earthquake caused by an infamous monster. * Waterstones, Best Books of 2023, on Catfish Rolling *
Sublime...rewarding, thought-provoking read. * Irish Independent, Top Choice, on Catfish Rolling *

ISBN: 9781803288086

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

432 pages