Overview
From the author and translator of the Batchelder Award-winning novel Temple Alley Summer comes the moving story of three generations of women adapting to their new home, and its mythical inhabitants, in the tragic aftermath of the 2011 TÅhoku earthquake disaster.
In the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Yui, fleeing her violent husband, and Hiyori, a young orphan, are taken in by a strange but kind old lady named Kiwa in the small town of Kitsunezakiāā. The newly formed family finds refuge in a mayoiga, a lost house, perched atop a beautiful cape overlooking the sea. While helping to rebuild Kitsunezaki, the three adapt to their new lives and supernatural new home, slowly healing from their troubled pasts. Kiwa regales Yui and Hiyori with local legendsāfrom the shapeshifting fox-woman who used to roam the mountains, to the demon AgamĆ© and a sea snake who once terrorized the townspeople, preying upon their grief and fears until they trapped the snake and the demonās claws in an underwater cave.
But when mysterious and sinister events start happening around town, the three fear the worst. Did the earthquake release AgamĆ© and the sea snake into the world again? Kiwa, Yui, and Hiyori join forces with a merry band of kappa river spirits, a bold zashiki warashi house spirit, and flying JizÅ guardian statues to save their new family and home and banish AgamĆ© and the snake once and for all. Now a hit anime film, The House of the Lost on the Cape is a heartwarming tale about the strength of family and friendship in the face of natural and mythical forces.
This book title, The House of the Lost on the Cape, ISBN: 9781632063373, by Sachiko Kashiwaba, Avery Fischer Udagawa, Yukiko Saito, published by Restless Books (June 20, 2023) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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