{"product_id":"minas-matchbox-yoko-ogawa","title":"Mina's Matchbox (Yoko Ogawa)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beguiling' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the 1970s transform Japan, her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion is a place out of time; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pet pygmy hippo. Equally beguiling are Tomoko's relatives, especially her cousin Mina. Their growing friendship draws her into an intoxicating world - one full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRich with the magic and mystery of youth, \u003ci\u003eMina's Matchbox \u003c\/i\u003eis an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautifully composed' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Effervescent' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Transfixing' \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I read \u003ci\u003eMina's Matchbox\u003c\/i\u003e like a besotted child, enraptured, never wanting it to end' Ruth Ozeki\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eYoko Ogawa\u003c\/b\u003e has won every major Japanese literary award. Her fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZoetrope\u003c\/i\u003e. Her works include \u003ci\u003eThe Diving Pool\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Housekeeper and the Professor,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHotel Iris \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRevenge. \u003c\/i\u003eHer dystopian novel,\u003ci\u003e The Memory Police\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Snyder is a translator and professor of Japanese Studies at Middlebury College, Vermont, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe has translated works by Kenzaburo Oe, Ryu Murakami, and Miri Yu, among others. His translation of Natsuo Kirino's \u003ci\u003eOut \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the Edgar Award for best mystery novel in 2004, his translation of Yoko Ogawa's\u003ci\u003e Hotel Iris \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2011 and \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Police\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65825071956317,"sku":"K098108911","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9810891100001A.jpg?v=1788665475","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/minas-matchbox-yoko-ogawa","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}