Noma Children's Literature Award
山へいく牛 (偕成社の創作文学 3)
A children’s short-story collection rooted in the author’s affection for cattle, portraying their lives, feelings, and the people around them. It joins the texture of mountain-village life with a child’s attentive gaze toward animals.
Work Information
Through the lives of cattle and people, the time of a mountain village quietly breathes.
A children’s short-story collection rooted in the author’s affection for cattle, portraying their lives, feelings, and the people around them. It joins the texture of mountain-village life with a child’s attentive gaze toward animals. While retaining the context of the period in which it was honored, it remains a work whose central force can still reach readers today.
Review Summaries
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Some readers value the subject matter and prose style, while others may feel distance from the period setting or manner of writing. Its individuality as an award-winning work lies in the clarity of its themes and the sustained quality of its voice.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 偕成社
- Published
- 1977-10-01
- Pages
- 214 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784037200305
- ISBN-10
- 4037200309
- Price
- 3000 JPY
第16回（1978年） 野間児童文芸賞 受賞
Reviews
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名作
真剣に上手い。教科書に載っていたので購入したが文章のキレが半端ではない。子供より大人向けの文章である。擬態語の使い方が秀悦