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A charming and uplifting story from Japan about our most cherished memories, time travel and what life is all about.
About the Author
Sanaka Hiiragi was born in 1974 in the Kagawa Prefecture. She graduated from Kobe Women’s University, majored in literature and completed her studies at Himeji Dokkyo University. After living and working overseas as a Japanese Language teacher for seven years, her debut novel, The Battle of Marriage Island, was nominated for the Konomys Award in 2012 and was chosen as ‘The Hidden Jade’ by the editors in 2013. She is a big fan of cameras, photography and kimono art. Picador publish The Lantern of Lost Memories in 2024.
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4.4 out of 5
88.57% of customers are satisfied
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story well written.
Loved the book. Liked how it all came together.Interesting characters and interesting stories about them.Learnt about another culture too.I did feel emotionally involved.Would recommend.
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible thoughtful book
What an incredible book! I was so excited when I got accepted for the ARC of this but life happens and I’ve only just got around to it!I’ve really gotten into Japanese books for the stories and the writing style recently.This book was no exception, it was written beautifully. And of course I cried when things started coming together.It’s made up of 3 short stories that interlink set in limbo the in between of life and death.It is a beautiful book and i truly think it is a book for anyoneThank you again to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for this opportunity ❤️
4.0 out of 5 stars Dreamily poignant, it begs to be read straight to the heart.
Split into three interlinking stories—The Old Lady and the Bus, The Hero and the Mouse, and Mitsuru and the Last Photo—we are taken on a journey throughout the course of the book that is unlike any I’ve quite encountered before. In between this world and the next, Mr Hirasaka’s photography studio is the place that many will see before they cross over. Waking with a stack of photos, one for every day of their lives, they must choose one for every year that will then be put into a beautiful Japanese lantern, set spinning, and their lives will—as we’ve all heard once—flash before their eyes. This guides them into the next world, where they will be at peace.But not all people that end up at Mr Hirasaka’s cosy studio have a smooth-sailing time, which is where we meet our characters: an older woman, a middle-age man, and a young girl. With his camera, Mr Hirasaka can guide his guests or travel back in time to capture their cherished memories, but not everyone understands why or how they got there. Everyone arrives there with a backstory of some sort, and he is visibly sad at some of the situations that have caused people to come to him. Some stories are much harder reads than others, particularly the last for me, and all are laced with such powerful emotion in small, yet meaningful doses, as we not only process death alongside the characters, but see the other side of the afterlife through Mr Hirasaka.Overall, The Lantern of Lost Memories was thought-provoking, affecting, and tragic at times. Although it is a short book, it is mighty in spiritual weight, and through the lens of Mr Hirasaka, the reader gets to experience a side of death that is different to atypical legends, something with a sentimental edge that makes it unputdownable at times, and hard to continue in others. It’s quite an emotional read, and definitely will be for anyone that’s ever dealt with loss. It took me quite a while to put my thoughts into words because of how intricately delicate it is, and although it made my heart ache, I don’t regret getting to experience Sanaka’s book. Dreamily poignant, it begs to be read straight to the heart. A beautiful four star story.
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful story
I found this book at a train station and read it quickly. The story is beautifully told and memorable. I hope the author releases many more stories like this!
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
If you are a fan of Japanese literature and books like “Before the coffee gets cold” or “What you are looking for is in the library” then this book is a must read.It is just another wonderful, heartwarming Japanese book that reads so easily and will fill your heart with warmth.The book is broken into three parts and like in many similar style books, the three parts are linked through the characters or places in them. Hirasaka looks after the point between life and the afterlife, guiding those who have just died onwards. He hands each guest (one per chapter) photographs from each day of their life and the guest has to choose one for every year they were alive. Hirasaka then creates a spinning lantern which flicks through these memories before the guest moves onto the afterlife. I love the idea that this is the reason why our lives flash before our eyes when we die.Of course there is more to the book than just that: we get to know each guest, and Hirasaka too, in more detail as they spend time choosing their photographs and visiting one day they choose to go back to from their life.The book is just wonderful, heartwarming and makes you ponder what makes a “worthwhile” life, why you were given the chance to be on this Earth and what you will remember from your time here. I highly recommend this book if this is a genre you enjoy. I loved it!Thank you so much to NetGalley and Picador for the gifted copy.
3.0 out of 5 stars A cute short read
A cute short read with three stories of people's deaths and their arrival at Hirasaka's photo studio at the point they die. I was intrigued by Hiraska and glad that we got to see a tiny bit more of his story in the third short story, I also liked the subtle character link in all three stories.My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book.
The Lantern of Lost Memories.
The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi is a feel good novel, where it discusses about the incidents happening in Mr. Hirasaka’s photography studio in the mountains, someone is waking up as if from a dream.There would be lots and lots of photos of the memories lived by the people visiting there. He asks them to choose a photo from each year if their lives, mostly the treasured memories, which are to be placed in a beautiful Japanese lantern. Once it’s done, it will be set spinning and their cherished memories will flash before their eyes, further guiding them to the layer world.It comprises of 3 stories in all, but are beautifully written. An wonderful piece of work to get out of your reading slump.
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