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| Title Statement | The healing hippo of Hinode Park: a novel / Michiko Aoyama ; translated from the Japanese by Takami Nieda. |
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| Author | Aoyama, Michiko, 1970- |
| Additional Contributors | Nieda, Takami |
| Publication | Toronto, ON: Hanover Square Press,2025. |
| Extent of Item | 243 pages |
| ISBN | 9781335016331 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr08008040 |
| General Notes | "First English-language edition published in Great Britain in 2025 by Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld Publishers."--Title page verso. Translated from the Japanese. |
| Languages | In English, translated from the Japanese. |
| Summary | "Nestling at the bottom of a five-storey apartment block is the children's playground, Hinode Park. If you look to the side, standing on stubby legs, is a hippo. Its upturned eyes give it a teary look, yet for decades, its quiet power has sustained the hearts of one community. Meet the neighbours who will reach out to kabahiko: Kanato presses his head to the hippo's cheek, hoping to recover the stellar marks he once scored; Sawa, a lonely new mother, strokes its mouth, hopes to connect as she once did when she was an award-winning retail assistant; Chiharu, a wedding-planner, hopes to be able to listen for the happiness of others; Yuya avoids sports day with a fake injury, only to find he really is in pain. Despite Kazuhiko's fading eyes from too much editorial work, he will learn to see life's everyday wonders."--Publisher. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Healing--Fiction |
| Hippopotamus--Fiction | |
| Hope--Fiction | |
| Interpersonal relations--Fiction | |
| Playgrounds--Fiction | |
| Statues--Fiction | |
| By Genre | Domestic fiction |
| Magic realist fiction | |
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