The Secret of Butterflies: Bilingual Japanese and English [Japanese]

By Naomi Otsubo

Bilingual Japanese and English Text, Facing-Page Edition. This autobiographical work chronicles Naomi's struggles to understand the cruelty of the world from her experience of raising swallowtail butterflies in her garden balcony. This experience leads her to unravel a family secret of her then 14-year-old father's history of the bombing of Nagasaki. This short story of butterflies, dreams, gods, and survival is woven into a beautiful message of hope.

見開きの日英対訳版。アゲハの幼虫をバルコニーで育て始めたら、なぜかそれが、父親の長崎原爆投下時の秘密へとつながっていき......。この世の惨さとの向き合い方を模索し、平和を内省した一女性の短編ノンフィクション。蝶、夢、神、サバイバル、憲法第９条が織りなす希望のメッセージ。

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Japanese
• ISBN: 1935461117
• ISBN13: 9781935461111
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Hakusan Creation
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"