
The Letters
By Kazumi Yumoto
Translators
Translated by Cathy Hirano
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Imprint
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN
By Kazumi Yumoto
0374343837
The Letters

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SKU
9780374343835J
Chiaki is six when her father dies and her mother rents an apartment from Mrs. Yanagi. Overwhelmed by the recent changes in her life, Chiaki falls ill. Mrs. Yanagi tells Chiaki that she will carry letters to the dead when she herself passes away and encourages Chiaki to write to her father. Chiaki recalls these events years later on the occasion of Mrs. Yanagi’s death.
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