Clara Kumagai

Songs for Ghosts (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This genre-bending YA novel follows a boy who finds a century-old diary written by a young woman in Nagasaki, Japan-and becomes haunted by her vengeful spirit. When Adam discovers a diary in his attic, he is enthralled by its account of a young woman's life in Nagasaki. A hundred years separate them, yet like Adam, she is caught between cultures, relationships, and heartbreak. She also writes of the ghosts that have begun to seek her out, which Adam dismisses as fantasy-until he begins to be haunted by her terrifying spirit. Unravelling the mystery of her identity-and the wrong done to her-seems to be the only way to save himself. This leads Adam to a home stay in Nagasaki, where he begins to reconnect to his heritage not only through Japanese language and culture, but also by connecting with long-lost family members. And then begins a race against time as Adam and his new crush, Jo, attempt to untangle a story that has rippled through generations . . .

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amulet Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798887070483
• Artikelnr.: 75613332

Autorenporträt

Clara Kumagai is from Canada, Japan, and Ireland. Her fiction and nonfiction for children and adults has been published in The Stinging Fly, the Irish Times, and the Kyoto Journal among others; Catfish Rolling is her debut novel. She is a recipient of a We Need Diverse Books Mentorship and was a finalist for the 2020 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award. She currently lives and works in Tokyo.

Rezensionen

'An evocative story of love, history and identity, Kumagai's bewitching blend of lyricism and magical realism makes for a beautiful and highly original voice'