Cake Tree in the Ruins, The
Akiyuki Nosaka, Ginny Takemori
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 02-08-2018
£12.00
SKU: 9781782274186
Categories: Modern and contemporary fiction, Short storiesDescription
‘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 lonely whale searching the oceans for a mate, who sacrifices himself for love; of a mother desperately trying to save her 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.
Additional information
Dimensions | 120 × 165 mm |
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Page Count | 160 |
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