{"product_id":"9781787302761","title":"Mina's Matchbox","description":"Author(s): Ogawa, Yoko, Snyder, Stephen, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 15\/08\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 288 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Harvill Secker, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Vintage Publishing, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 144 x 224 x 30mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 394g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781787302761\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pygmy hippo the family keeps as a pet. Tomoko finds her relatives equally exotic and beguiling and her growing friendship with her cousin Mina draws her into an intoxicating world full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with the magic and mystery of youth, Mina’s Matchbox is an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I read Mina’s Matchbox like a besotted child, enraptured, never wanting it to end' RUTH OZEKI, author of The Book of Form and Emptiness'Dreamy and whimsical' Esquire, Best Books of the Summer'A conspicuously gifted writer. . . She possesses an effortless, glassy, eerie brilliance' GuardianReaders adore Mina’s Matchbox:‘I was totally swept away by it.’‘ A beautiful coming of age story. I'd recommend it to any lovers of translated fiction!’‘Uplifting. And Pochiko, the pygmy hippo A wonder.’\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867893879021,"sku":"9781787302761","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9781787302761.jpg?v=1737218483","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781787302761","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}