Lit in Translation

Aki Shimazaki

Born 1954 · Canada

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Governor General's (French) 2009 · Finalist

    Zakuro

    Title translated by AI:“Pomegranate”

    Aki Shimazaki · 54 when first published

    Novel · 150 pages · Family, War, Historical · Au cœur du Yamato, book 2

    AI-generated summary:Banzô Toda disappeared twenty-five years ago after being deported to a Siberian labour camp at the end of the war; his wife, who has Alzheimer's, still awaits him. Then their son Tsuyoshi discovers his father has been living nearby under another name.

  • No English yet

    Governor General's (French) 2005 · Winner

    Hotaru

    Title translated by AI:“Firefly”

    Aki Shimazaki · 50 when first published

    Novel · 137 pages · War, Family · Le poids des secrets, book 5

    AI-generated summary:Tsubaki, an archaeology student, adores her grandmother Mariko, now a widow whose days are numbered after a concussion; through the old woman's confused words emerges a story of abused innocence from her youth, in the time of Hiroshima.