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短針だけの時計 (緑の風読み物シリーズ 2)

Niimi Nankichi Children's Literature Award

短針だけの時計 (緑の風読み物シリーズ 2)

野本淳一

The Clock with Only an Hour Hand is a children's story about a strangely incomplete clock, using a child's point of view to portray unease in everyday life and the process of growing up. A familiar object becomes the doorway to family, friendship, and emotional change.

children's literaturetimegrowing up

Work Information

A clock with only an hour hand reflects a child's sense of time and inner change.

The Clock with Only an Hour Hand is a children's story about a strangely incomplete clock, using a child's point of view to portray unease in everyday life and the process of growing up. A familiar object becomes the doorway to family, friendship, and emotional change.

Review Summaries

  • 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
国土社
Published
1991-07-01
Pages
165 pages
Language
日本語
ISBN-13
9784337149021
ISBN-10
4337149023
Category
本/文学・評論

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