彼岸花が咲く島

Yona, who longs to become a noro, one of the white-robed priestesses who lead the island and keep its history, finds a girl in a white dress lying senseless among the spider lilies. The stranger remembers nothing and, having arrived over the water, is named Umi. The islanders speak 'Nihon-go' as well as 'Onna-go', a tongue for women. Umi teaches Yona and her friend Taku, a boy who knows the women's language, her own 'Hinomoto-kotoba', and as the rite of adulthood nears, all three must choose their futures.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

188 pages in the original

Genres

Speculative, Coming of age (assigned by AI)

First published

2021 by Bungeishunju

Author's age

32 when first published

ISBN

9784163913902 (original)