Noma Children's Literature Newcomer Award
薫ing (ヤング・アダルト文庫 1)
Kaoru-ing is a story of an adolescent girl, using scent and wordplay in its light title to suggest her inner world. The search for self and the distance between friends and family are rendered in fresh prose.
children's literatureadolescenceself-discovery
Work Information
It captures adolescent feelings that waver like scent.
Kaoru-ing is a story of an adolescent girl, using scent and wordplay in its light title to suggest her inner world. The search for self and the distance between friends and family are rendered in fresh prose.
Review Summaries
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The work suits readers who follow its themes and historical setting closely. It is valued less for dramatic turns than for its careful handling of circumstance and its measured prose.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 岩崎書店
- Published
- 1991-11-01
- Pages
- 229 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784265052011
- ISBN-10
- 4265052010
- Price
- 201 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
第30回（1992年） 野間児童文芸新人賞 受賞