Hotaru

The last volume of a five-part cycle. Tsubaki, a student of archaeology, loves her grandmother Mariko dearly and has always confided her troubles and loves to her. Since a concussion, the widowed old woman seems to suffer from hallucinations, and her days are numbered. Out of her confused words emerges the story of an innocence abused, that of the girl she once was: a secret love affair in the season of the fireflies with Mr Horibe, who visited her every week after sunset. Hiroshima on the day of the bomb, a murder on the same day, and half a century later an old woman's confession.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

137 pages in the original

Genres

War, Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Japan

Series

Le poids des secrets, book 5

First published

2004 by Leméac / Actes Sud

Author's age

50 when first published

ISBN

9782760924307 (original)