L'esprit des vents | François Simon

EAN : 9782259278553

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The Spirit of the Winds

François Simon

Release date : 22/08/2019

L’Esprit des vents is a flamboyant novel that immerses us in the Japan of the 1940s to 1960s
- a Japan traumatised by Nagasaki and Hiroshima. We are introduced to a fascinating culture
through two Japanese families and their two sons, Tateru et Ryu.

Qindgao, 1938. The small island occupied by the Japanese is an oasis of green on a barren,
windswept coastline to the east of China. The young Tateru and his family are leading a peaceful and sheltered life. He spends his days exploring the island with his friend Ryu. But their world... Qindgao, 1938. The small island occupied by the Japanese is an oasis of green on a barren,
windswept coastline to the east of China. The young Tateru and his family are leading a peaceful and sheltered life. He spends his days exploring the island with his friend Ryu. But their world is turned upside down in the spring of ’45. Tokyo and several other Japanese cities are bombed, destroyers are sunk and two atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The little Japanese colony realises that it has to leave the island without further ado. Tateru and his family, accompanied by Ryu, discover a Japan that has been devastated and whose illusions have been shattered.

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EAN : 9782259278553

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