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The Cake Tree in the Ruins (Pushkin Collection)
Intensely moving stories that tell of the absurd violence of war, and tenderly depict the animals and children caught in its vortex.
In 1945, Akiyuki Nosaka watched the Allied firebombing of Kobe kill his adoptive parents, and then witnessed his sister starving to death. The shocking and blisteringly memorable stories of The Cake Tree in the Ruins are based on his own experiences as a child in Japan during the Second World War.
They are stories of a lonely whale searching the oceans for a mate, who sacrifices himself for love; of a mother desperately trying to save her son with her tears; of a huge, magnificent tree which grows amid the ruins of a burnt-out town, its branches made from the sweetest cake imaginable.
Profound, heartbreaking and aglow with a piercing beauty, they express the chaos and terror of conflict, yet also how love can illuminate even the darkest moment.
In 1945, Akiyuki Nosaka watched the Allied firebombing of Kobe kill his adoptive parents, and then witnessed his sister starving to death. The shocking and blisteringly memorable stories of The Cake Tree in the Ruins are based on his own experiences as a child in Japan during the Second World War.
They are stories of a lonely whale searching the oceans for a mate, who sacrifices himself for love; of a mother desperately trying to save her son with her tears; of a huge, magnificent tree which grows amid the ruins of a burnt-out town, its branches made from the sweetest cake imaginable.
Profound, heartbreaking and aglow with a piercing beauty, they express the chaos and terror of conflict, yet also how love can illuminate even the darkest moment.
Product details
Publisher : Pushkin Collection; Translation edition (11 December 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 160 pages
ISBN-10 : 1782274189
ISBN-13 : 978-1782274186
Item Weight : 1 kg 50 g
Dimensions : 12.24 x 1.32 x 16.51 cm
Generic Name : Book
Best Sellers Rank: #240,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#4,549 in Indian Writing (Books)
#6,314 in Short Stories (Books)
#7,382 in Action & Adventure (Books)
Customer Reviews: 4.6
68 ratings
Publisher : Pushkin Collection; Translation edition (11 December 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 160 pages
ISBN-10 : 1782274189
ISBN-13 : 978-1782274186
Item Weight : 1 kg 50 g
Dimensions : 12.24 x 1.32 x 16.51 cm
Generic Name : Book
Best Sellers Rank: #240,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#4,549 in Indian Writing (Books)
#6,314 in Short Stories (Books)
#7,382 in Action & Adventure (Books)
Customer Reviews: 4.6
68 ratings
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