The Nosaka, Akiyuki1930-2015creatorauthor.Takemori, Ginny Tapleytranslator.textshort storyFiction.Historical fiction.Short stories.Historical fiction.Short stories.enk20182015monographicengjpn

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157 pages ; 17 cm"'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."--The whale that fell in love with a submarine -- The Parrot and the boy -- The mother that turned into a kite -- The old she-wolf and the little girl -- The the red dragonfly and the cockroach -- The prisoner of war and the little girl -- The cake tree in the ruins -- The elephnt and its keeper -- A soldier's family -- My home bunker -- A balloon in August -- The soldier and the horse.Akiyuki Nosaka ; translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori."The first seven stories in this volume were first published by Pushkin Press in 2015 as The Whale That Fell in Love with a Submarine"--Title page verso.Translated from the Japanese.a-ja---World War (1939-1945) 1939-1945 fast World War, 1939-1945JapanFictionChildren and warJapanFictionJapanWorld War (1939-1945)Children and war - Japan - FictionChildren and warWorld War, 1939-1945 - Japan - Fiction1939-1945Children and warJapanPL857.O8 A2 2018895.6 NOS178227418997817822741862018287693YDX19040120200205172046.020913004eng