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The Lantern of Lost Memories

English

By (author): Sanaka Hiiragi

One photograph, one treasured memory, one chance to go back . . .

If you could relive one day of your life, which would you choose? In a cosy photography studio in the mountains between this world and the next, someone is waking up as if from a dream. A kind man will hand them a hot cup of tea and gently explain that, having reached the end of their life, they have one final task.

There is a stack of photos on their lap, one for every day of their life, and now they must choose the pictures that capture their most treasured memories, which will be placed in a beautiful lantern. Once completed, it will be set spinning, and their cherished moments will flash before their eyes, guiding them to another world.

But, like our most thumbed-over photographs, our favourite memories become faded with age, so each visitor to the studio has the chance to choose one day to return to and photograph afresh. Each has a treasured story to tell, from the old woman rebuilding a community in Tokyo after a disaster, to the flawed Yakuza man who remembers a time when he was kind, and a strong child who is fighting to survive.

Extraordinarily moving and wise, Sanaka Hiiragi's The Lantern of Lost Memories is a beautiful Japanese tale about the people that make us and the moments that change us.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 284g
  • Dimensions: 137 x 207mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Aug 2024
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781035023622

About Sanaka Hiiragi

Sanaka Hiiragi was born in 1974 in the Kagawa Prefecture. She graduated from Kobe Womens University majored in literature and completed her studies at Himeji Dokkyo University. After living and working overseas as a Japanese Language teacher for seven years her debut novel The Battle of Marriage Island was nominated for the Konomys Award in 2012 and was chosen as The Hidden Jade by the editors in 2013. She is a big fan of cameras photography and kimono art. The Lantern of Lost Memories is her first novel published in English.

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