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The heartbeat library / Laura Imai Messina ; Translated from the Italian by Lucy Rand.

ISBN: 141977249X
ISBN: 9781419772498
Physical Description: 383 pages ; 20 cm
Publisher: New York : The Overlook Press, 2024
Copyright: &copy;2024

Imai Messina, Laura, (author.). Rand, Lucy, (translator.).

Summary:

"On the peaceful Japanese island of Teshima there is a library where the heartbeats of visitors from all around the world are collected. In this small, isolated building, the pulses of people who are still alive or who have already passed away continue to echo. Several miles away, in the ancient city of Kamakura, two lonely souls meet: Shuichi, a forty-year-old illustrator, who returns to his hometown to fix up the house of his recently deceased mother, and eight-year-old Kenta, a child he finds wandering like a shadow around it. Day by day, the trust between Shuichi and Kenta grows, until they discover they share a bond that will tie them together for life. Their journey will lead them to Teshima and to the library of heartbeats..."