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Loading... Shirobamba: A Childhood in Old Japanby Yasushi Inoue
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This is a work of modern Japanese literature by Yasushi Inoue, the recipient of every major Japanese literary award and candidate for the Nobel Prize. No library descriptions found. |
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As the story proceeded and I no longer had to focus so strictly on who was related to whom, I began to really enjoy this novel. It's deep into a child's life and thoughts. We meet Kosaku's his family, friends, teacher, and even his school principal. We experience many of the events of his life, such as watching horse-speeding, participating in athletic events, traveling to relatives out of town, and spying on a found boy who had been "hidden my by the gods". Many of these events were autobiographical of the author's life.
Perhaps my favorite chapter of this book was the one in which Kosaku and Granny Onui went to Toyohashi to visit the boy's parents and his younger sister. Kosaku enjoyed the visit to the city but was eager to return to his usual country life. He became the center of an argument of who should raise him and was not without his own misadventure before heading back to Yugashima.
This book might not be for an individual who is heavy into plot development, but it is quite a treat for anyone who wants to looks at life from an individual's perspective and has an appreciation for young children. (