Ganadora del Premio Ringuet de la Academia de las Letras de Quebec, del Premio Literario Canad???-Jap???n y del Premio Gouverneur-G???n???ral. ???Las mujeres viven m???s tiempo que los hombres. Quiz??? sea mejor as??? que al rev???s. [...] Los hombres se deprimen con facilidad una vez que pierden a su compa???era. Puede que sean m???s rom???nticos que las mujeres.??? Durante toda su vida, Yukiko vivi??? con un terrible secreto: la ma???ana del 9 de agosto de 1945, antes de que se lanzara la bomba sobre Nagasaki, ella mat ...
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Ganadora del Premio Ringuet de la Academia de las Letras de Quebec, del Premio Literario Canad???-Jap???n y del Premio Gouverneur-G???n???ral. ???Las mujeres viven m???s tiempo que los hombres. Quiz??? sea mejor as??? que al rev???s. [...] Los hombres se deprimen con facilidad una vez que pierden a su compa???era. Puede que sean m???s rom???nticos que las mujeres.??? Durante toda su vida, Yukiko vivi??? con un terrible secreto: la ma???ana del 9 de agosto de 1945, antes de que se lanzara la bomba sobre Nagasaki, ella mat??? a su padre. En una carta que le deja a su hija despu???s de morir, confiesa el crimen y revela que tiene un hermanastro. Pronto se descubrir??? que no es solo Yukiko quien guardaba secretos inconfesables. Las historias personales se entrelazan con los acontecimientos hist???ricos: la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Jap???n, los conflictos con Corea, el terremoto de 1923. Las generaciones se suceden mientras emerge un retrato l???cido de una sociedad, la japonesa, llena de contradicciones y vinculada a sus tradiciones. En el fondo, la naturaleza, presencia constante y discreta, delicada y elegante como la escritura de Aki Shimazaki: el viento que acaricia una mejilla, las nubes en un sofocante cielo de verano, las luci???rnagas volando sobre un arroyo, la hierba azul de wasurenagusa, las camelias en el bosque de Nagasaki. Frases cortas de una refinada simplicidad, unas veces delicadamente po???ticas, otras sensuales, que afrontan dramas privados y universales y a trav???s de las cuales hasta la historia m???s oscura termina por resolverse con la ligereza que Shimazaki es capaz de infundirle. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Winner of the Prix Ringuet, the Canada-Japan Literary Prize, and the Gouverneur-G???n???ral Award. "Women live longer than men. Maybe it's better that way. [. . .] Men get easily depressed once their partner dies. They are probably more romantic than women." Throughout her life, Yukiko kept a terrible secret: on August 9, 1945, before the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, she killed her father. She confesses to the crime in a letter that she leaves to her daughter after she dies; in it, she also reveals that she has a stepbrother. Soon we discover that Yukiko was not the only who kept unspeakable secrets. Personal stories are skillfully intertwined with historical events: World War II in Japan, conflicts with Korea, and the 1923 earthquake. New generations continue to come about, as a lucid portrait of a society emerges, a Japanese society full of contradictions and one deeply connected to its traditions. In the background lies nature, a constant and discreet presence, as delicate and elegant as Aki Shimazaki's writing.
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