01245nam a22001937a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040001600080041001200096082001400108100002400122245002600146250002000172260006900192300002300261520073900284700002801023OSt20251215015236.0251212b        |||||||| |||| 00| 1 eng d  a9781419772498  cGZK Library  aEnglish  aFP2024/01  aMessina, Laura Imai  athe heartbeat library  aEnglish edition  aUnited States :bThe Overlook Press, an imprint of ABRAMS,c2024  a383p., c14cmx22cm  aOn the peaceful Japanese island of Teshima there is a library where the hearbeats of visitors from all around the world are collected. In this small, isolated building, the pulses of people who are still alive or have already passed away continue to echo.

Several miles away, in the ancient city of Kamakura,two lonely souls meet : Shūichi, a forty-year old illustrator, who returns to his hometown to fix up the house of his recently deceased mother, and eight-year old Kenta, a child he finds wandering like a shadow around it. Day by day, the trust between Shūichi and Kenta grows until they discover they share a bond that will tie them for life. Their journey will lead to them to Teshima and to the library of heartbeats...  aRand, Lucy eTranslator