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Honeybees and Distant Thunder

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By (author): Orange Hippo! Philip Gabriel Riku Onda

The Night Circus meets Lonely Castle in the Mirror in this multi-award-winning Japanese bestseller, available finally in an English translation by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami

- AN FT BEST SUMMER READ 2023
- OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD IN JAPAN
- WINNER OF THE NAOKI PRIZE AND THE JAPAN BOOKSELLERS' AWARD
- A MAJOR MOVIE RELEASE IN JAPAN


'A thrilling and often nail-biting depiction of music, friendship, and personal demons' OBSERVER
'Propulsive and poetic' KIRKUS
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Welcome to a magical world of music, friendship and rivalry ...

In a small coastal town just a stone's throw from Tokyo, a prestigious piano competition is underway. Over the course of two feverish weeks, three friends will experience some of the most joyous - and painful - moments of their lives.

Aya was a piano genius, until she ran away from the stage and vanished; will the tall and talented Makun bring her back?
Or will it be child of nature, Jin, a pianist without a piano, who carries the sound of his father's bees wherever he goes?

Each of them will break the rules, awe their fans and push themselves to the brink. But at what cost?

Tender, cruel, compelling, HONEYBEES AND DISTANT THUNDER is the unflinching story of love, courage and rivalry. Most of all, it shows how three young people reconcile with the highs and lows of what it means to truly be a friend.
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Japanese readers love HONEYBEES AND DISTANT THUNDER:
- 'The novel is a masterpiece' 5 stars*****'
- 'Each contestant was wonderfully drawn, and I felt very moved' 5 stars*****
- 'I felt like I was right there, and there were scenes that brought me to tears' 5 stars*****
- 'This is a beyond a reading experience. It felt like some sixth sense was at work. Wonderful' 5 stars*****

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Product Details
  • Weight: 298g
  • Dimensions: 127 x 197mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Apr 2024
  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781804991879

About Orange Hippo!Philip GabrielRiku Onda

Riku Onda (Author) Riku Onda is a No.1 bestselling author in Japan. She grew up in Sendai and attended Waseda University where she played the alto saxophone in a student band. A book lover from an early age she left an office job to try her hand at writing. In 1991 Onda won an award with her first novel and became a full-time writer soon after. In 2003 after overcoming a fear of flying she visited the UK and Ireland and later lived in South America where she reported for NHK television on Mayan and Incan culture. As her father was a music enthusiast Onda grew up listening to classical music and played the piano from a young age later discovering Western rock and jazz She is the first writer to be awarded the Japan Booksellers Award twice. In 2017 her novel Honeybees and Distant Thunder was awarded both the Naoki Prize and the Japan Booksellers' Award the first time a novel has won both. It became an instant No. 1 bestseller in Japan going on to sell several million copies. It was also made into a highly successful Japanese-language film called 'Listen to the Universe'. This novel will be published around the world.Philip Gabriel (Author) Philip Gabriel is the author of Mad Wives and Island Dreams: Shimao Toshio and the Margins of Japanese Literature and Spirit Matters: The Transcendent in Modern Japanese Literature and has translated many novels and short stories by the writer Haruki Murakami and other modern writers. He is recipient of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature (2001) for his translation of Senji Kurois Life in the Cul-de-Sac and the 2006 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for his translation of Murakami's Kafka on the Shore.

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