Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award
遠い白球
The Distant White Ball is a children’s work centered on baseball, dreams, and setbacks. Through the act of chasing the ball, it layers friendship, effort, and family relationships.
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Work Information
A white ball flying into the distance carries young hopes and growth.
A substantial children’s novel published by Kindai Bungeisha. While using sports as its subject, it focuses less on victory and defeat than on characters facing their weaknesses and hopes.
Review Summaries
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Readers value the direct engagement with a weighty subject and the writing that makes its time and place feel concrete. Some also find the density demanding because it asks for historical or cultural context.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 近代文藝社
- Published
- 1983-01-01
- Pages
- 434 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784896075588
- ISBN-10
- 4896075587
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
帯有りません。若干のスレはありますがほぼ普通です。中身はきれいです。
Related Literary Awards
- Kodansha Children's Literature Newcomer Award Edition 18 (1977) ・honorable mention