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Mina's matchbox / Yoko Ogawa ; translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder.
"In the spring of 1972, twelve-year-old Tomoko leaves her mother behind in Tokyo and boards a train alone for Ashiya, a coastal town in Japan, to stay with her aunt's family. Tomoko's aunt is an enigma and an outlier in her working-class family, and her magnificent home -- and handsome, foreign husband, the president of a soft drink company -- are symbols of that status. ... The family is just as beguiling as their mansion -- Tomoko's dignified and devoted aunt, her German grandmother, and her dashing, charming uncle who confidently sits as the family's patriarch. At the center of the family is Tomoko's cousin Mina, a precocious, asthmatic girl of thirteen who draws Tomoko into an intoxicating world full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling. In this elegant jewel box of a book, Yoko Ogawa invites us to witness a powerful and formative interlude in Tomoko's life, which she looks back on briefly from adulthood at the novel's end"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780771019890 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 280 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: Hardcover edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : McClelland & Stewart, 2024.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in serialized form in Japan as Mina no Koshin by Yomiuri Shimbun in 2005. Originally published in (trade paperback) in Japan as Mina no Koshin by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., Tokyo, in 2006. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Japanese. |
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| Subject: | Cousins > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Mansions > Fiction. Pygmy hippopotamus > Fiction. Storytelling > Fiction. Ashiya-shi (Japan) > Fiction. Japan > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. Domestic fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Ogawa | 31681010385490 | FICTION | Available | - |
| LDR | 02660cam a2200445 i 4500 | ||
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| 001 | 397191 | ||
| 003 | TSUGA | ||
| 005 | 20240806104015.2 | ||
| 008 | 231129s2024 onc 000 1 eng | ||
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| 020 | . | ‡a9780771019890 (hardcover) ‡c$35.00 | |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aMina's matchbox / ‡cYoko Ogawa ; translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder. |
| 246 | 3 | . | ‡aMina's match-box |
| 250 | . | ‡aHardcover edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aToronto, ON : ‡bMcClelland & Stewart, ‡c2024. | |
| 300 | . | ‡a280 pages ; ‡c22 cm | |
| 336 | . | ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent | |
| 337 | . | ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia | |
| 338 | . | ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier | |
| 500 | . | ‡aOriginally published in serialized form in Japan as Mina no Koshin by Yomiuri Shimbun in 2005. Originally published in (trade paperback) in Japan as Mina no Koshin by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., Tokyo, in 2006. | |
| 520 | . | ‡a"In the spring of 1972, twelve-year-old Tomoko leaves her mother behind in Tokyo and boards a train alone for Ashiya, a coastal town in Japan, to stay with her aunt's family. Tomoko's aunt is an enigma and an outlier in her working-class family, and her magnificent home -- and handsome, foreign husband, the president of a soft drink company -- are symbols of that status. ... The family is just as beguiling as their mansion -- Tomoko's dignified and devoted aunt, her German grandmother, and her dashing, charming uncle who confidently sits as the family's patriarch. At the center of the family is Tomoko's cousin Mina, a precocious, asthmatic girl of thirteen who draws Tomoko into an intoxicating world full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling. In this elegant jewel box of a book, Yoko Ogawa invites us to witness a powerful and formative interlude in Tomoko's life, which she looks back on briefly from adulthood at the novel's end"-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
| 546 | . | ‡aTranslated from the Japanese. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aCousins ‡vFiction. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aFamilies ‡vFiction. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aFriendship ‡vFiction. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aMansions ‡vFiction. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aPygmy hippopotamus ‡vFiction. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aStorytelling ‡vFiction. | |
| 651 | 0. | ‡aAshiya-shi (Japan) ‡vFiction. | |
| 651 | 0. | ‡aJapan ‡vFiction. | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aHistorical fiction. ‡2lcgft | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aBildungsromans. ‡2lcgft | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aDomestic fiction. ‡2lcgft | |
| 655 | 7. | ‡aNovels. ‡2lcgft | |
| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aSnyder, Stephen, ‡d1957- ‡etranslator. |
| 700 | 1 | 2. | ‡itranslation of: ‡aOgawa, Yōko, ‡d1962- ‡tMīna no kōshin. ‡lEnglish. |
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