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那須正幹の「ヒロシマ」三部作(全3巻)

Japan Children’s Literature Association Award

那須正幹の「ヒロシマ」三部作(全3巻)

Masamoto Nasu

Masamoto Nasu's Hiroshima trilogy follows memories and everyday life in Hiroshima from the atomic bombing through postwar recovery and later decades, seen through three generations of women. It turns history into family life, local language, and daily choices rather than distant knowledge.

Hiroshimapostwar historyfamily memory

Work Information

A trilogy that views postwar Hiroshima through the lives of three generations of women and carries memory forward.

The trilogy consists of Arukidashita Hi, Samazama na Yokan, and Megurikuru Natsu. It has Poplar editions and later paperback editions, and is identified as the winner of the 52nd Japan Association of Writers for Children Award.

Review Summaries

  • The trilogy is valued for making heavy history readable as children's literature. It helps readers without direct wartime memory imagine post-bombing society through the time of a family.

Book Information

Publisher
ポプラ社
Published
2012-04-01
Language
日本語
ISBN-13
9784591912676
ISBN-10
4591912671
Category
本/絵本・児童書

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