the heartbeat library

By:

Messina, Laura Imai

Contributor(s):

Rand, Lucy [Translator]

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: United States : The Overlook Press, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2024Edition: English editionDescription: 383p., 14cmx22cmISBN:

9781419772498

DDC classification:

FP2024/01

Summary: On 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...

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	Fiction and Poetry (FP)	Goethe Zentrum - Kampala Library				FP2024/01 (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			2025-1450

On 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...

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