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大石真児童文学全集 1 風信器

Japan Children's Literature Association Newcomer Award

大石真児童文学全集 1 風信器

Makoto Oishi

Makoto Oishi's "Wind Vane" is a work of children's literature titled after an instrument that senses the movement of wind. With quiet lyricism and realism, it depicts a child's heart sensitively receiving changes in the outside world and searching for its own direction.

children's literaturegrowthwindsensibilitypostwar children

Work Information

Like an instrument that reads the direction of the wind, the story shows a child's heart sensing changes in the world.

"Wind Vane" won the Japan Children's Literature Association Newcomer Award in 1953. It was published as volume one of Poplar's "Makoto Oishi Children's Literature Collection," and Poplar's official page confirms ISBN 9784591018613 and 224 pages. It is also included in Librio's "Wind Vane / Kuro, Who Became Invisible," confirmed with ISBN 9784897849072.

Review Summaries

  • Its placement as the first volume of the Makoto Oishi Children's Literature Collection shows that it is treated as an important work marking the author's starting point. It has also been the subject of later criticism, making it essential for considering Oishi's place in children's literature.

Book Information

Publisher
ポプラ社
Published
1982-03-01
Pages
220 pages
Language
日本語
ISBN-13
9784591018613
ISBN-10
459101861X
Price
35180 JPY
Category
本/文学・評論

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