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Mina's Matchbox
by Yoko Ogawa
€ 12.50
ISBN: 9781529933536
On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars
After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.
While the 1970s transform Japan, her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion is a place out of time; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pet pygmy hippo. Equally beguiling are Tomoko's relatives, especially her cousin Mina. Their growing friendship draws her into an intoxicating world - one full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling.
Rich with the magic and mystery of youth, Mina's Matchbox is an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.
'Beguiling' New Yorker
'Beautifully composed' Financial Times
'Effervescent' New York Times Book Review
'Transfixing' Time
'I read Mina's Matchbox like a besotted child, enraptured, never wanting it to end' Ruth Ozeki
288 pages.
Not Yet Published.
Printed on or after 07/08/25. Please note dispatch may take 5-10 days after publication date.
A separate order should be placed for this item. If you order this along with other items, your entire order will be held and despatched when complete.
Date of Publication: 07/08/2025
