| Record Number |
910250 |
| ISBN |
9780857527950 (paperback) |
| Author |
Onda, Riku, 1964- author. |
| Title |
Honeybees and distant thunder / Riku Onda ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Doubleday, 2023. |
| ©2023 |
| Pagination etc. |
423 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents note |
Originally published in Japanese as 'Mitsubachi to enrai'. Tokyo: Gentosha Inc., ©2016. |
| Summary Note |
The tender and compelling drama of four young pianists as they compete in an international piano competition. Aya, a child prodigy who gave up performing after the death of her mother, and is trying for a comeback; Masaru, a childhood friend of Aya, now competing against her; Akashi, older and married, works in a music store and is the "old man" of the competition; Jin, a sixteen-year-old prodigy, the free spirit son of a beekeeper who has no formal training and doesn't even own a piano. A tense, drama-filled two-week competition unfolds. Who will win through? Can they confront their own demons? |
| Language note |
Translated from the Japanese. |
| Subject |
Pianists -- Japan -- Fiction |
| Piano -- Competitions -- Fiction |
| Friendship -- Fiction |
| Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction |
| Japan -- Fiction |
| Bildungsromans. |
| Added Author |
Gabriel, Philip, 1953- translator. |
| Shelf Location |
F ONDA |
