japanese literature in english

The secret of the blue glass

Translated by: Ginny Tapley Takemori

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In a dusty library, in the quietest corner of a house in a Tokyo suburb, live the Little People: Fern and Balbo, Robin and Iris. Just a few inches high, sleeping in cigarette boxes and crafting shoes from old book jackets, they need only one thing from their Humans, a nightly glass of milk, served in a sparkling Blue Glass goblet, by a trusted young member of the Human family. But when the Second World War comes to Japan, bringing a dangerous new kind of patriotism, both Humans and their beloved Little People face a world they could never before have imagined.

Japanese title: Kokage no ie no kobitotachi
Subjects: Children, Japan, Juvenile fiction
Magic, Juvenile fiction
Tomato Inui, Translations into English
Notes: Japanese title: Kokage no ie no kobitotachi
Description: 192 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9781782690344
OCLC Number: 919220170
Genre: Fiction
Document Type: Book
Publisher: Pushkin Children’s Books
Publication Place: London
Japanese Publication Date: 1967
English Publication Date: 2015

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