The Cake Tree in the Ruins by Akiyuki Nosaka

The Cake Tree in the Ruins

Akiyuki Nosaka with Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

160 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

fiction magical realism short stories emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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Intensely moving stories that tell of the absurd violence of war, and tenderly depict the animals and children caught in its vortex.In 1945, Akiyuki Nosaka watched the Allied firebombing of Kobe kill his adoptive parents, and then witnessed his si...

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