Honeybees and Distant Thunder: The million copy award-winning Japanese bestseller about the enduring power of great friendship

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Li a sinopse e a história pareceu-me interessante, para além de ser de autoria japonesa (ando meio obcecada com literatura japonesa desde há uns tempos para cá), então decidi comprá-lo. Over the course of two feverish weeks, three friends will experience some of the most joyous - and painful - moments of their lives. I imagined that the book would be a music competition in the opening, and then tracking those involved for the next few years, maybe their whole lives. Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here.

Onda’s coverage of the competition itself seeks transcendence in the translation of notes into emotions. Czułam się poruszona samymi opisami utworów w powieści, które według mnie są mistrzowskie i świadczą o ogromnej muzycznej wrażliwości autorki. Honeybees and Distant Thunder tells multiple stories at once, as there isn’t a singular protagonist throughout. Together, Kit and Piglet are the picture of domestic bliss - effortless hosts, planning a covetable wedding . It’s just as character driven and they both have an event leading the story, but (and yes, I’m biased) it’s just not as good as Night Circus (but this is not a comparison review haha excuse me).It also looked at the idea of friendship and the effect those around us can have upon our lives and experiences. When Jude, as an adult, is adopted by his favorite Harvard law professor, his friends join him for Thanksgiving in Cambridge every year. Though he isn't present in every scene, he conveys each piece of the story leading up to the murder as if he were an omniscient narrator, capable of accessing every character's interior perspective. Aya Eiden, now 20, was an up-and-coming pianist when her mother died seven years earlier and hasn't played professionally since.

Over the course of two feverish weeks, three students will experience some of the most joyous – and painful – moments of their lives. The performance scenes were so beautifully written, too -- I wasn't sure how a book about a music competition would handle the many scenes of performers actually playing piano, but the visualizations were stunning. Aya was a piano genius, until she ran away from the stage and vanished; will the tall and talented Makun bring her back? It was compared to Lonely Castle in the Mirror (my favourite book that I read last year) and that comparision didn't do justice. It is too long, pretentious, badly written, overdone and I was the happiest when I was finally, finally done reading it.JB bases his entire artistic career on painting portraits of his friends, while Malcolm takes care of them by designing their apartments and houses.

While music is something that can be understood by all, it can be hard to pin down and put into words. Most of all, it shows how three young people reconcile with the highs and lows of what it means to truly be a friend. Honeybees and Distant Thunder, Riku Onda ( paperback May 2023) 58,000 ₮ In a small coastal town just a stone's throw from Tokyo, a prestigious piano competition is underway. Honeybees and Distant Thunder is Onda’s third book to be translated into English, this time with Haruki Murakami veteran Philip Gabriel taking the reins.

Un libro sobre una competición de piano no era algo que en principio me entusiasmase, y eso que estudié piano en el conservatorio y me podría sentir más identificado. We also get different perspectives on the performers themselves, comparing their inner fears of inadequacy, questioning one's own talent.