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Honeybees and Distant Thunder / RIKU ONDA ; Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: London : Doubleday, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 423 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780857527950
Uniform titles:
  • Mitsubachi to enrai. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 895.636
Summary: The tender and compelling drama of four young pianists as they compete in an international piano competition. Aya, a child prodigy who gave up performing after the death of her mother, and is trying for a comeback; Masaru, a childhood friend of Aya, now competing against her; Akashi, older and married, works in a music store and is the "old man" of the competition; Jin, a sixteen-year-old prodigy, the free spirit son of a beekeeper who has no formal training and doesn't even own a piano. A tense, drama-filled two-week competition unfolds. Who will win through? Can they confront their own demons?
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Book Perpustakaan Alor Setar RFIDTI Pinjaman Dewasa 895.636 OND (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A01817609
Book Perpustakaan Awam Sungai Petani Pinjaman Dewasa 895.636 OND (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A01817610
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Originally published in Japanese as 'Mitsubachi to enrai'. Tokyo: Gentosha Inc., ©2016.

The tender and compelling drama of four young pianists as they compete in an international piano competition. Aya, a child prodigy who gave up performing after the death of her mother, and is trying for a comeback; Masaru, a childhood friend of Aya, now competing against her; Akashi, older and married, works in a music store and is the "old man" of the competition; Jin, a sixteen-year-old prodigy, the free spirit son of a beekeeper who has no formal training and doesn't even own a piano. A tense, drama-filled two-week competition unfolds. Who will win through? Can they confront their own demons?

Translated from the Japanese.

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