Hiro Arikawa
Hiro Arikawa won the tenth annual Dengeki Novel Prize for new writers for Shio no Machi: Wish on My Precious in 2003, and the book was published the following year. It was praised for its love story between a heroine and hero divided by age and social status, and for its depiction of military structures. Although she is a light novelist, her books from her second work onwards have been published as hardbacks alongside more literary works with Arikawa receiving special treatment in this respect from her publisher, MediaWorks. Shio no Machi was also later published in hardback. Her 2006 light novel Toshokan Sensō (The Library War) was named as Hon no Zasshi's number one for entertainment for the first half of 2006, and came fifth in the Honya Taishō for that year, competing against ordinary novels.She often writes about the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and her first three novels concerning its three branches are known as the Jieitai Sanbusaku (The SDF Trilogy); she also wrote about the fictional Library Forces in the Toshokan Sensō series. Raintree no Kuni, which first appeared as a book within a book in Toshokan Nairan was later published by Arikawa as a spin-off with another publisher. It was adapted into a film titled World of Delight released on November 21, 2015.[2][3]Her novel Shokubutsu Zukan (ja) will be adapted into a film titled Shokubutsu Zukan: Unmei no Koi, Hiroimashita and scheduled for release on June 4, 2016.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Hiro Arikawa
We take journeys to explore exotic new places and to return to the comforts of home, to visit old acquaintances and to make new friends. But the most important journey is the one that shows us how to follow our hearts...
An instant international bestseller and indie bestseller, The Travelling Cat Chronicles has charmed readers around the world. With simple yet descriptive prose, this novel gives voice to Nana the cat and his owner, Satoru, as they take to the road on a journey with no other purpose than to visit three of Satoru's longtime friends. Or so Nana is led to believe...
With his crooked tail—a sign of good fortune—and adventurous spirit, Nana is the perfect companion for the man who took him in as a stray. And as they travel in a silver van across Japan, with its ever-changing scenery and seasons, they will learn the true meaning of courage and gratitude, of loyalty and love.
The Goodbye Cat
Hiro Arikawa
In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles , seven cats weave their way through their owners’ lives, climbing, comforting, nestling, and sometimes just tripping everyone up in this uplifting collection of tales by international bestselling author Hiro Arikawa .
Against the backdrop of changing seasons in Japan, we meet Spin, a kitten rescued from the recycling bin, whose playful nature and simple needs teach an anxious father how to parent his own human baby; a colony of wild cats on a popular holiday island show a young boy not to stand in nature’s way; a family is perplexed by their cat’s undying devotion to their charismatic but uncaring father; a woman curses how her cat will not stop visiting her at night; and an elderly cat hatches a plan to pass into the next world as a spirit so that he and his owner may be in each other’s lives forever.
Bursting with love and warmth, The Goodbye Cat exquisitely explores the cycle of life, from birth to death—as each of the seven stories explores how, in different ways, the steadiness and devotion of a well-loved cat never lets us down. A huge bestseller in Japan, this magical book is a joyous celebration of the wondrousness of cats and why we choose to share our lives with them.
Relatos de um Gato Viajante
Hiro Arikawa
Há cinco anos um gato de rua foi acolhido por Satoru Miyawaki após um acidente de carro. Ele deu ao gato o nome de Nana, “sete” em japonês, por conta de seu rabo dobrado em forma de 7. Mas agora, depois de anos de companhia, e por um motivo que ele não quer revelar, Satoru não poderá mais cuidar de Nana e precisa encontrar um novo lar para o gatinho. Para isso, ele entra em contato com seus melhores amigos da infância, do colégio e da faculdade. Ao empreender uma viagem para reencontrar cada um deles, Satoru vai contando partes de sua própria vida, e através desse percurso descobrimos como o amor de um gato por seu dono pode ser muito maior do que o esperado.
Narrado em vozes alternadas, esse romance emocionante e divertido nos mostra um jovem de grande coração e um narrador-gato muito esperto, numa amizade que desafia as fronteiras de um país e da própria vida.
Au prochain arrêt
Hiro Arikawa
Au Japon, sur la ligne reliant Takarazuka à Nishinomiya, au gré des huit gares que dessert le train aux wagons rouges, plusieurs passagers montent et descendent, chacun avec son histoire, chacun perdu dans ses pensées et dans les nœuds de son existence. Nous les rencontrons à l’aller, nous les retrouverons quelques mois plus tard au retour.
Dans ce décor invariable, et pourtant mouvant, des vies vont ainsi s’entrechoquer et être profondément changées… pour le meilleur. À chaque arrêt, de nouveaux passagers s’installent, se parlent, se lient. Et, d’un trajet à l’autre comme d’une saison à l’autre, le lecteur se fait l’observateur des paysages nouveaux et des multiples trajectoires qu’auront prises ces destins croisés. Tels les wagons attachés les uns aux autres dans l’alignement parfait des rails, le livre se construit sur une chaîne d’événements où tous les personnages finissent par être durablement connectés d’une manière ou d’une autre.
Plus qu’une ode au voyage, ce roman choral de Hiro Arikawa est une invitation à l’arrêt sur soi-même, en même temps qu’un éloge de l’imprévisible. Et de ces rencontres qui, si l’on ne s’en défend pas, font que des êtres de passage peuvent bouleverser le cours de nos vies.
The Goodbye Cat: Seven Cat Stories
Hiro Arikawa
Au revoir les chats !
Hiro Arikawa
Les Mémoires d'un chat
Hiro Arikawa
Memoriile unui motan călător
Hiro Arikawa
A cuerpo de gato
Hiro Arikawa
Crónicas del gato viajero
Hiro Arikawa
El gato que decía adiós
Hiro Arikawa
Το χρονικό ενός πολυταξιδεμένου γάτου
Hiro Arikawa
Ένας αδέσποτος γάτος ζει σε ένα πάρκιγκ στο σύγχρονο Τόκιο. Για τίποτα στον κόσμο δεν θα αντάλλασσε την ελευθερία του με την άνεση ενός διαμερίσματος. Την ημέρα, όμως, που τον χτυπά ένα αυτοκίνητο καταφεύγει στη βοήθεια του νεαρού Σατόρου, που τον φροντίζει, του προσφέρει τη ζεστασιά ενός σπιτικού και του δίνει το όνομα Νάνα.
Πέντε χρόνια αργότερα ο Σατόρου ξεκινά ένα ταξίδι με το βαν του, σχεδιάζοντας να επισκεφτεί τρεις παλιούς παιδικούς του φίλους.
Στο πλευρό του βρίσκεται ο Νάνα, που είναι χαρούμενος γι’ αυτή την εμπειρία παρόλο που δεν γνωρίζει τον πραγματικό σκοπό του ταξιδιού· ο Σατόρου δεν θέλει να του τον αποκαλύψει.
Με φόντο την εναλλαγή των εποχών στην Ιαπωνία, η ιστορία του Νάνα χαρτογραφεί τα συναισθήματα που προκαλούν οι αναπάντεχες λοξοδρομήσεις της ζωής, εξυμνώντας την αξία της φιλίας και της συντροφικότητας.
Ένα αλληγορικό μυθιστόρημα που έχει συγκινήσει εκατομμύρια αναγνώστες σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο δείχνει πώς μπορούν να αλλάξουν τη ζωή μας οι πράξεις αγάπης, μεγάλες αλλά και μικρές.
Cronache di un gatto viaggiatore
Hiro Arikawa
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line
Hiro Arikawa
Famously scenic, the Hankyu commuter train trundles daily through Japanese landscape unaware of the heartaches of the passengers it carries.
On the outward journey we are introduced to the emotional dilemmas of five characters as we puzzle out how they will unravel; on the return journey six months later, we watch them resolve:
- a young man meets the young woman, who always happens to borrow a library book just before he can take it out himself
- a woman in a white bridal dress boards looking inexplicably sad
- a university student leaves his hometown for the first time
- a girl prepares to leave her abusive boyfriend;
- an old lady discusses adopting a dog with her granddaughter.
As the seasons come around, so the Hankyu line trundles on carrying the lives and loves of its passengers ever forwards.
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