Shibasaki, Tomoka 1973- creator author. Barton, Polly (Translator) translator. text Fiction. Novels. Novels. enk London Pushkin Press 2017 monographic eng jap

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154 pages ; 20 cm "Divorced and cut off from his family, Taro lives alone in one of the few occupied apartments in his block, a block that is to be torn down as soon as the remaining tenants leave. Since the death of his father, Taro keeps to himself, but is soon drawn into an unusual relationship with the woman upstairs, Nishi, as she passes on the strange tale of the sky-blue house next door. First discovered by Nishi in the little-known photo-book 'Spring Garden', the sky-blue house soon becomes a focus for both Nishi and Taro: of what is lost, of what has been destroyed, and of what hope may yet lie in the future for both of them, if only they can seize it." -- Provided by publisher. Tomoka Shibasaki ; translated by Polly Barton. Originally published in Japanese as: Haru no niwa. Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjū, 2014. Akutagawa Prize. Memory Fiction Memory PL875.5.H52 H3713 2017 823 SHI 9781782272700 (softcover) 9781782272700 2017285782 YDXCP 180314 20200114163005.0 20406306 eng