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Honeybees and distant thunder

Onda, Riku 1964- (author.). Gabriel, Philip, 1953- (translator.). Onda, Riku 1964- translation of: Mitsubachi to enrai. English. (Added Author).

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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  • ISBN: 9780857527950 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: print
    423 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: London : Doubleday, 2023.

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General Note:
Originally published in Japanese as 'Mitsubachi to enrai'. Tokyo: Gentosha Inc., ©2016.
Language Note:
Translated from the Japanese.
Subject: Friendship Fiction
Pianists Japan Fiction
Piano Competitions Fiction
Self-actualization (Psychology) Fiction
Japan Fiction
Genre: Bildungsromans.
Magic realist fiction.
Novels.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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