The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Yasutaka Tsutsui author David Karashima translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Alma Books Ltd

Published:16th May '11

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time cover

One of the most popular books by Tutsui, a stellar name in Japan. He is as famous as Murakami there. The animated science-fiction romance film won numerous awards and got positive reviews. It's an absolute classic.

One of Tsutsui's best-known and most popular works in his native Japan, The Girl Who Leapt through Time is the story of fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Kazuko, who accidentally discovers that she can leap back and forth in time.One of Tsutsui's best-known and most popular works in his native Japan, The Girl Who Leapt through Time is the story of fifteenyear- old schoolgirl Kazuko, who accidentally discovers that she can leap back and forth in time. In her quest to uncover the identity of the mysterious figure that she believes to be responsible for her paranormal abilities, she'll have to push the boundaries of space and time, and challenge the notions of dream and reality.

The nice thing about Tsutsui is that history and modernity combine effortlessly, as do drab reality and fantasy. -- Philip Hensher * The Daily Telegraph * Imagine a manic J.G. Ballard, but one with an even darker past to work out. -- Nicholas Lezard * The Guardian *

ISBN: 9781846881343

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 202g

176 pages