Secret of the Blue Glass

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Av Tomiko Inui

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"I love this book"Michael Morpurgo

A classic story about a magical miniaturefamily's adventures in wartime Japan

In a dustylibrary, in the quietest corner of a house in a Tokyo suburb, live the LittlePeople: Fern and Balbo, Robin and Iris. Just a few inches high, sleeping incigarette boxes and crafting shoes from old book jackets, they need only onething from their Humans - a nightly glass of milk, served in a sparkling BlueGlass goblet, by a trusted young member of the Humanfamily.

But when the Second World War comes to Japan,bringing a dangerous new kind of patriotism, both Humans and their belovedLittle People face a world they could never before have imagined. It will takegreat love, bravery, and a rather loyal pigeon, to bring their unique familiesback together once more...

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-04-05
Mått129 x 198 x 15 mm
Vikt194 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
FörlagPushkin Children's Books
ISBN9781782691846
ÖversättareTakemori, Ginny, Takemori, Ginny (Translator)

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Born in Tokyo in 1924, Tomiko Inui joined a publishing house in 1950, where she began working as an editor, as well as writing books for children. She published many books over her long career, winning prizes along the way including the Mainishi Publishing Culture Award and the Akaitori Award for Children's Literature. She was also runner-up in 1964 for the Hans Christian Andersen prize. The Secret of the Blue Glass is the first of her books to be translated into English. She died in 2002.

I love this book. Pushkin Children's Books are to be congratulated in making it available to an English audience. How important it is, in these times, that our children read the stories from other peoples, other cultures, other times.... While the story has elements of the work of Oscar Wilde and Hans Christian Andersen, the author admits to having been inspired by Kenneth Grahame and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry