Overview
En la región japonesa de Kobe, Osaka, una línea ferroviaria une Takarazuka con Nishinomiya. Las vidas de miles de pasajeros se entrechocan a diario en sus vagones y, a cada parada, nuevos pasajeros se instalan y se relacionan: dos desconocidos que siempre quieren tomar prestado de la biblioteca el mismo libro; una prometida despechada s edienta de venganza; estudiantes tímidos; niñas crueles; mujeres rudas; una abuela excéntrica y su indiscreta nieta; una joven dispuesta al fin a romper con un novio que no la merece. Con el paso de las estaciones, el tren de Hankyu recorre el trayecto en el sentido inverso, y el lector descubre a los personajes bajo una nueva luz y puede seguir discretamente sus destinos como si fueran los de viejos conocidos.
Más que una oda al viaje, esta novela es una invitación a detenerse y reflexionar sobre uno mismo, un elogio de lo imprevisible y de esos encuentros fortuitos que pueden producir una sacudida en nuestras vidas.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Welcome aboard the Hankyu Line train!
Come along on a heartwarming, funny, and perfectly cozy voyage with the charming and relatable passengers—including one dashing dachshund—whose lives intersect and affect each other on one of Japan’s most romantic railway lines from international bestselling author Hiro Arikawa.
Between the two beautiful towns of Takarazuka and Nishinomiya, in a stunning mountainous area of Japan, rattles the Hankyu Line train. Passengers step on and off, lost in thought, contemplating the tiny knots of their existence. On the outward journey, we are introduced to the emotional dilemmas of five characters, and on the return journey six months later, we watch them find resolutions.
A young man meets the young woman who always happens to borrow a library book just before he can check it out himself, a woman in a white bridal dress boards looking inexplicably sad, a university student heads home after class, a girl prepares to leave her abusive boyfriend, and an old lady discusses adopting a dog with her granddaughter.
With stories that crisscross like the railway lines, the Hankyu train trundles on, propelling the lives and loves of its passengers ever forward.
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