Lonely Castle in the Mirror

A poignant Japanese tale about the importance of human connection during moments of adversity The Chronicles of Narnia meets The Breakfast Club with a signature Japanese flair: a sympathetic, insightful look at the causes of teen angst & depression in modern-day Japan, this novel was a #1 Japanese bestseller & winner of the influential Japan booksellers' award. How will you help your friend if she doesn't want to be saved?

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MIZUKI TSUJIMURA lives in Tokyo & is a well-known author of bestselling mystery novels in Japan. Her groundbreaking novel Lonely Castle in the Mirror combines elements of Japanese fantasy with highly relevant themes of emotional wellbeing & friendship. It won the coveted Japan Booksellers’ Award, voted by booksellers as the book they most like to sell, & became an instant no. 1 bestseller in Japan, selling over half a million copies. Tsujimura has also won the Naoki prize for her work. Rights have sold across the world.

PHILIP GABRIEL is Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Arizona. He has translated numerous works by Haruki Murakami, including Kafka on the Shore (winner of the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize) & the short-story collection First Person Singular. He has also recently translated the novels The Travelling Cat Chronicles, The Forest of Wool & Steel & Lonely Castle in the Mirror.