Naoko Abe

Broschiertes Buch

'Cherry' Ingram

The Englishman Who Saved Japan's Blossoms

Übersetzung: Arakawa, Yasuko; Chenn, Yu-Jou; Churchill, Nicole; Levitan, Rachael; Lowe, John; Melton, Gillian; Otter-Sharp, Soeren; Ruban, Nicholas; Tiu, Elizabeth

Beschreibung

The irresistible story of Japanese cherry blossoms, threatened by political ideology and saved by an unknown Englishman'This is not just a tale of trees, but of .

Autor

Naoko Abe is a Japanese journalist and non-fiction writer. She was the first female political writer to cover the prime minister's office, the foreign ministry and the defence ministry at Mainichi Shimbun, one of Japan's largest newspapers. Since moving to London with her British husband and their two boys in 2001, she has worked as a freelance writer and has published five books in Japanese. Her biography of Collingwood Ingram in Japanese won the prestigious Nihon Essayist Club Award in 2016. She has now written an adaptation of the book for English-language readers. She is a trained classical pianist and an advanced yoga practitioner.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 245293
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781784706920
• ISBN-10: 1784706922
• Artikelnr.: 58706740

Rezensionen

This is not just a tale of trees, but of the symbolism of the cherry tree to Japan: of endeavour, war and reconciliation Sunday Times, Books of the Year