A #1 Japanese bestseller and winner of the influential Japan booksellers' award, for fans of BEFORE COFFEE GETS COLD
Mizuki Tsujimura (Author) MIZUKI TSUJIMURA lives in Tokyo and is a well-known author of bestselling mystery novels in Japan. Her groundbreaking novel LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR combines elements of Japanese fantasy with highly relevant themes of emotional wellbeing and friendship. It won the coveted Japan Booksellers' Award, voted by booksellers as the book they most like to sell, and became an instant no.1 bestseller in Japan, selling over half a million copies. Tsujimura has also won the Naoki prize for her work. Rights have sold across the world.
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* VOGUE *
Strange and beautiful. Imagine the offspring of The Wind-up Bird
Chronicle with The Virgin Suicides * GUARDIAN *
A moving, reflective and surprising novel... anyone who has ever
struggled with feeling isolated, had difficulties at school, or had
mental health struggles, will find this novel to be a cleansing
balm. * CULTUREFLY *
Neat twists and a genuinely affecting denouement. A story of
empathy, collaboration and sharing truths, this is 'a modern,
all-ages fairy tale' that should appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman and
Studio Ghibli animations * FINANCIAL TIMES *
There's a warmth to her writing, and Tsujimura has a mature ability
to allow the story to speak for itself without narrative * JAPAN
TIMES *
An original and tender blend of social commentary and magical
realism * THE JAPAN SOCIETY REVIEW *
A worthwhile novel -- Alison Fincher * Asian Review of Books *
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