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flowerfairyboi · 8 months
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西の魔女が死んだ [Nishi no majo ga shinda] - The Witch of the West is Dead by Kaho Nashiki (1994)
Book recommendation: cottagecore, cozy, simple life, witchcore, nature, green witch, slice of life, heartwarming, Japanese literature
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"To obtain the things that are most valuable to you, the things you desire most, you may have to overcome the most difficult trials."
Synopsis:
Mai is 13 years old and no longer wants to go to school. Her worried mother decides to send her to stay with her grandmother for a while, in a beautiful little house in the Japanese countryside on the edge of the mountains. The grandmother is a widowed English lady who came to Japan many years earlier and stayed there for love. Both Mai and her mother refer to her as the "Witch of the West," but the moment the grandmother reveals to her that she really possesses magical powers, Mai is incredulous and distrustful. However, when she proposes to her niece to take on the harsh witch training, Mai accepts without hesitation. Immersed in the unspoiled wilderness of remote Japan, grandmother and granddaughter spend wonderful weeks together in recollection, away from the hustle and bustle of city life, working in the garden, gathering wild herbs and cooking, as well as devoting themselves, of course, to the basic rudiments of witchcraft. Over the years, the author has added three short stories to this cathartic and revelatory story, which echo its character and setting.
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Review:
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This is a great short slice-of-life story. The vibes are immaculate: it's peaceful, tender, spiritual, witchy, and very nature-centred. As someone who had a strong bond with my grandmother, I loved this book and it was great reading about a loving and nurturing grandmother-grandchild relationship. I love Mai's character arc: even if it isn't something drastic, you can feel her development throughout the story as she absorbs her grandmother's teaching and makes them hers. To be honest, I needed to hear some of the things that the grandmother tells Mai and I think I learnt some life lessons from this book, too. I don't think the author wanted to do that per se, but I did learn from it. The focus on nature and the descriptions of it are also very well executed and I almost had the impression of being there at times.
All in all, I think this is a great cozy book for when you feel down, or when you want to unwind, or simply if you like nostalgic and heartwarming stories.
I'll finish with one last quote:
"The right desires, those that are in line with the course of things, will guide you and turn into reality."
PS: At the moment there is no version in English(?), So I would like to either do one myself or find something on the internet. If I do and you're interested, I will post the link here. There are currently versions in Italian, French, and Japanese (maybe more but I'm not sure). The book was adapted into a movie though (if you watch it tell me what you think).
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lastregadeilibri · 2 months
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Ascolta. Questa è la lezione più importante dell'addestramento da strega. Una strega deve fare affidamento sul proprio intuito, però non deve lasciare che questo abbia il sopravvento. Quando succede, le convinzioni troppo ferme diventano fissazioni e prendono il controllo della persona. Considera le intuizioni per quello che sono e conservale da qualche parte nel tuo cuore. Prima o poi, arriverà il momento in cui capirai se erano vere. E a forza di ripetere questo tipo di esperienze imparerai a riconoscere la sensazione di quando hai una vera intuizione.
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laviniaoftheangels · 1 year
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"Un'estate con la strega dell'Ovest" Kaho Nashiki. Trad. di Michela Riminucci.
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codicedellanima · 1 year
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Un'estate con la strega dell'ovest.
Mai, ha deciso che non vuole andare più a scuola. Sua madre, così decide di portarla da sua madre per farle passare l'estate con lei. Dopo questo soggiorno le cose cambieranno.
Oltre la storia principale, nella parte finale del libro c'erano tre racconti distaccati ma legati al tema centrale. Io li ho visti come una sorta di finale vero e proprio del romanzo.
Cose che c'entrano con la magia e stregoneria, anche solo lontanamente, mi interessano sempre molto.
Ho letto il libro diverso tempo fa, ma ricordo che ci sono dei pezzi con degli insegnamenti davvero interessanti che la nonna da' alla nipote. Ricordo di averlo divorato e che mi ha lasciato una bella sensazione.
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hedgehog-moss · 9 months
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"rn I feel like reading about someone's quiet daily life, maybe a diary or letters, set in a place or context I don't know much about, without turmoil or tragedy" oh! do you have any recommendations for books like this?
This is one of my favourite types of books! Here are 30(ish) recs...
May Sarton's The House by the Sea or Plant Dreaming Deep
Gyrðir Elíasson's Suðurglugginn / La fenêtre au sud (not translated into English unfortunately!), also Bergsveinn Birgisson's Landslag er aldrei asnalegt / Du temps qu'il fait (exists in German too)
Gretel Ehrlich's The Solace of Open Spaces, which iirc was originally written as journal entries and letters before being adapted into a book
Kenneth White's House of Tides: Letters from Brittany and Other Lands of the West
Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book
The Diary of a Provincial Lady, E. M. Delafield
Growing Up with the Impressionists: The Diary of Julie Manet
Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim (do not read if you don't like flowers)
The Road Through Miyama by Leila Philip (I've mentioned it before, it feels like this gif)
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, I keep recommending this one but it's so nice and I love snails
Epicurean Simplicity, Stephanie Mills
The Light in the Dark: A winter journal by Horatio Clare
The Letters of Rachel Henning
The letters of Tove Jansson, also The Summer Book and Fair Play
The diary of Sylvia Townsend Warner—here's an entry where she describes some big cats at the zoo. "Frank and forthcoming, flirtatious carnivores, [...] guttersnipishly loveable"
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The Letters of Rachel Carson & Dorothy Freeman were very sweet and a little bit gay. I mostly remember from this long book I read years ago that Rachel Carson once described herself as "retiring into her shell like a periwinkle at low tide" and once apologised to Dorothy because she had run out of apple-themed stationery.
Jane Austen's letters (quoting the synopsis, "Wiser than her critics, who were disappointed that her correspondence dwelt on gossip and the minutiae of everyday living, Austen understood the importance of "Little Matters," of the emotional and material details of individual lives shared with friends and family")
Madame de Sévigné's letters because obviously, and from the same time period, the letters of the Princess Palatine, Louis XIV's sister-in-law. I read them a long time ago and mostly I remember that I enjoyed her priorities. There's a letter where she complains that she hasn't received the sausages she was promised, and then in the next paragraph, mentions the plot to assassinate the King of England and also, the Tartars are walking on Vienna currently.
Wait I found it:
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R.C. Sherriff's The Fortnight in September (quoting the author, "I wanted to write about simple, uncomplicated people doing normal things")
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
Pond, Claire-Louise Bennett
Rules for Visiting, Jessica Francis Kane
The following aren't or aren't yet available in English, though some have already been translated in 5-6 languages:
ツバキ文具店 / La papeterie Tsubaki by ito Ogawa
半島へ / La péninsule aux 24 saisons by Mayumi Inaba
Giù la piazza non c'è nessuno, Dolores Prato (for a slightly more conceptual take on the "someone's everyday life" theme—I remember it as quite Proustian in its meticulousness, a bit like Nous les filles by Marie Rouanet which is much shorter and more lighthearted but shows the same extreme attention to childhood details)
Journal d'un homme heureux, Philippe Delerm, my favourite thing about this book is that the goodreads commenter who gave it the lowest rating complained that Delerm misidentified a wine as a grenache when actually it's a cabernet sauvignon. Important review!
Un automne à Kyôto, Corinne Atlan (I find her writing style so lovely)
oh and 西の魔女が死んだ / L’été de la sorcière by Kaho Nashiki —such a little Ghibli film of a book. There's a goodreads review that points out that Japanese slice-of-life films and books have "a certain way of describing small, everyday actions in a soothing, flawless manner that can either wear you out, or make you look at the world with a temporary glaze of calm contentment and introspective understanding [...]"
I'd be happy to get recommendations in this 'genre' as well :)
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ernestinee · 4 months
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Lectures 2024
A lire
L'assassin royal - Époque 1, Robin Hobb
Jusqu'au bout de la peur, Geoffrey Moorhouse
Batman, Année un, Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli
La Passe-miroir, Livre 1, Christelle Dabos
Petit traité des grandes vertus, André Comte-Sponville
Le clan des Otori, tomes 3 à 5, Lian Hearn
La patience des traces, Jeanne Benameur
Arbos Anima 3,4 et 5
Donjon
Kafka sur le rivage, Murakami
Chroniques de l'oiseau à ressort, Murakami
1q84, tomes 2 et 3, Haruki Murakami
La danse des damnées, Kiran milwood hargrave
Rocky, dernier rivage, Thomas Gunzig
Les déraisons, Odile d'Outremont
Envol, Kathleen Jennings
Fables livre 1, Bill Willingham et Mark Buckingham
Un apprentissage ou le livre des plaisirs
La belle famille, Laure de Rivières
Le fardeau tranquille des choses, Ruth L. Ozeki
L'été où tout a fondu, Tiffany Mc Daniel
Mon mari, Maud Ventura
Et toujours les forêts, Sandrine Collette
Lus: (les tags ci dessous pour retrouver mon petit mot pour chaque livre)
1. Tant que le café est encore chaud, Toshikazu Kawaguchi ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 01/01
2. Prométhée et la boîte de Pandore, Luc Ferry (BD) ⭐⭐ - 17/01
3. La maison aux sortilèges, Emilia Hart. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 21/01
4. Le chant d'Achille, Madeline Miller. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 25/02
5. Accident de personne, Florence Mendez. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 27/02
6. L'été de la sorcière, Nashiki Kaho ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 08/03
7. 10000 litres d'horreur pure, Thomas Gunzig ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 09/03
8. Les jolis garçons, Delphine de Vigan ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 14/03
9. Là où les arbres rencontrent les étoiles, Glendy Vanderah ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 24/03
10. Patients, Grand Corps Malade. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - 20/04
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poisonandpeonies · 8 months
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Based on the vibes I got from seeing your profile, I think you should read The Witch of the West is Dead by Kaho Nashiki :)
this seems so cute but im struggling to find it in English? I can’t tell if I’m not checking in the right spot 😭😭
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gushuwa · 1 year
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🌨 Rules: spell out either your name or username using only books or only movies that have your vibe, and tag some people. Thank you @mangoslixes for tagging me 74 years ago 😗
Il Gabbiano Jonathan Livingston, Richard Bach (Jonathan Livingston Seagull)
Una mamma per amica (Gilmore girls) …kind of a big movie if you think about it
Sweet bean paste, Durian Sukegawa
Heaven, Mieko Kawakami
Un’estate con la strega dell’ovest, Kaho Nashiki (I haven’t found an English edition)
Promising Young Woman, movie by Emerald Fennell
Alcune questioni di filosofia morale, Hannah Arendt (Some questions of moral philosophy)
🌨 I’m tagging everyone I love here @yughostlavia @callibrarian @elinoreblog @cloudsaremadeofdreams @oneanxiousstudybuddy @caramelcuppaccino @linguanna @frenchiepal @einschlunz @scoobeedoo @alexistudies @debussyandbooks @luthiest @amandaswork @stark-reading-mad @violetsnotebook @cravingstudyvalidation @mairithepotato @maeve-studies
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moonshinemagpie · 1 year
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2023 reading
Apologies to folks who sent me asks, my evil plan all along was to answer these in one post. What are 2-5 already published fiction books you think you want to read in 2023? -Emily Henry's romances (like Sarah Dressen for adults) -The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez -Moby-Dick -Suzume no Tojimari by Shinkai Makoto (novelized version of the movie, which I loved) What are 2-5 6 already published nonfiction books you think you want to read in 2023? -Dead on Arrival: The Politics of Health Care in Twentieth-Century America - An Immense World by Ed Yong -The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee -Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong -Tsudzukeru no Ryoku by Itou Makoto ("Power of Continuing," self-help by someone who worked really hard to get through law school) Esutonia Kinkou by Kaho Nashiki (travel diary by a naturalist/children's author) Any poetry on your TBR? -Mai Der Vang's Yellow Rain -Cathy Park Hong's Engine Empire -Clint Smith's Above Ground Do you plan to read any genres you haven't read much before? I want to read more in Japanese about how to write Japanese poetry. Doing this thing right now where I write a haiku each day and then my students and poet friends read them and explain to me why they are bad. Feel like I'm right at the cusp of a whole new field of knowledge I wanna know about. What 2023 new releases are you most looking forward to? -Aubrey Gordon's You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People (1/10) - f/f romance Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters (1/31) -Lone Women by Victor LaValle (3/21) -graphic novel Lost in Taiwan by Mark Crilley (5/23) - Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead (7/18) Do you have any conceptual reading goals? a. Food books, fun breezy ones and more in-depth ones. b. Books about non-people creatures like animals, bogs, moss, and rivers c. books on Judaism, Jewish history/ literature, and Jewish joy What languages do you plan to read in? Do you want to read anything in translation? English, Japanese, and maybe one cheese book in French. A few of the books linked above are translated from Spanish, Yiddish, and Italian. Are there any reading challenges you want to try? I'm starting my own! It's called Read Jewish Joy (#readjewishjoy) and it's about reading books by Jewish authors that are not centered around the Holocaust or leaving Orthodoxy. It seems the only books people want to read about Jews are exploitative fictional love stories set in concentration camps or memoirs from people who left Judaism. People really love dead Jews and ex-Jews, but not joyous Jews. Are you organizing any reading challenges/events? I'll make a little post about "read Jewish Joy", but there's no minimum number of books you'd need to read to complete the challenge. I recommend continuing your search until you find at least one you love. In my experience, non-Jews are really quick to stop listening to Jews. They search for reasons to shut down conversations and write off this entire thousands-of-years-old culture and religion as quickly as possible. So if you don't like the first book you try, please keep searching until one speaks to you. How do you plan to keep track of your reading? I write book titles down on my wall calendar. If you want my book reviews posted on tumblr, let me know. I love book journaling but I can't write with my hands very much. If anyone knows of a computer-based way to bullet journal, please let me know. What's your 2023 stance on rating/reviewing books? I want to rate fewer books on Goodreads because I'm tired of all of my ratings being used to sell books through Amazon. There are times when I do want to promote authors, especially indie authors, and boost book sales, but I don't like that right now the main place for my book thoughts is owned by Amazon. Do you plan to mostly buy or borrow your books? (Or be the unicorn who reads the books they already own?) Borrow! The Libby app and my local libraries are my absolute havens. How dare you suggest I would read what I own.
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threads-and-pages · 7 months
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I'm reading the Italian translation of Nishi No Mago Ga Shinda - Nishiki Kaho Sakuhinshu by Kaho Nashiki, (I can't find the title in English, honestly, i'm not entirely sure this is right), the Italian title is Un'Estate con la Strega dell'Ovest. I'm not done with it yet but I'm really enjoying it. It's a short read about anxiety, nostalgia, and grief, it really hits close to home these last few days of summer.
I know I am going to tear up in the park when I finish it tomorrow. I knew I was going to cry the moment I saw it at the supermarket. It reminded me of this book I refused to read in elementary school because it was about the death of a grandfather. Now that I've lost my own grandfather I guess I'm ready to allow a book to touch that soft little part of my heart that looks suspiciously like a bruise on a peach.
I don't know if I will be able to put together a decent thought about it, I don't feel like I have the emotional intelligence to properly explain this book, it's really touching me though.
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livornopress · 1 year
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Recensioni – Oggi Maurizio Grasso vi farà conoscere "Le bugie del mare" di Kaho Nashiki
Recensioni – Oggi Maurizio Grasso vi farà conoscere "Le bugie del mare" di Kaho Nashiki
Livorno 13 aprile 2023 – “Non è mai troppo tardi per leggere un buon libro” Rubrica di recensioni, a cura dello scrittore e traduttore Maurizio Grasso. Non sono sempre necessariamente recensioni di libri appena usciti, ma di “buoni libri”. Oggi Maurizio Grasso vi farà conoscere “Le bugie del mare” di Kaho Nashiki  Kaho Nashiki è una scrittrice più che sessantenne, avara di pubblicazioni. Le bugie…
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dolcifusa · 1 year
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" 西の魔女が死んだ  [Nishi no majo ga shinda]" (The Witch of the West is Dead) by Nashiki Kaho for #EffettoPaginedaYamato and #mangiolibriacolazione; 🥞coffee waffles. photo #Fujifilm: ©Dolci Fusa Scolastico. Pedante. Personaggi appena tratteggiati, stereotipati. Forse è colpa mia, mi aspettavo tutt'altro tipo di libro e le mie aspettative sono state duramente distrutte da una prosa troppo semplice e una vicenda troppo semplicistica. https://www.instagram.com/p/CktKjF4tVL0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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laviniaoftheangels · 1 year
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"Un'estate con la strega dell'Ovest" Kaho Nashiki. Trad. di Michela Riminucci.
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desyartis · 2 years
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Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest - Kaho Nashiki "Ascolta. Questa è la lezione più importante dell'addestramento da strega. Una strega deve fare affidamento sul proprio intuito, però non deve lasciare che questo abbia il sopravvento. Quando succede, le convinzioni troppo ferme diventano fissazioni e prendono il controllo della persona. Considera le intuizioni per quello che sono e conservale da qualche parte nel tuo cuore. Prima o poi, arriverà il momento in cui capirai se erano vere. E a forza di ripetere questo tipo di esperienze imparerai a riconoscere la sensazione di quando hai una vera intuizione." "Allora una strega è una persona che si allena a morire durante la vita?" - "Vediamo... Potremmo dire che si allena a morire al fine di vivere una vita soddisfacente." «DALLA STREGA DELL'OVEST ALLA STREGA DELL'EST L'ANIMA DELLA NONNA È RIUSCITA A LIBERARSI.» "...non abbiamo una voce forte, ma possiamo comunque trasmettere il nostro messaggio, parlando tra noi a bassa voce." #unestateconlastregadellovest #kahonashiki #narrativa #giappone #books #bookstagram #book #reading #bookworm #booklover #read #instabook #bookaholic #bookaddict #libri #reader #literature #booklove #bookphotography #libros #library #booklovers #leggerefabene #consiglidilettura #librichepassione #libridaleggere #libricheamo (presso Ceccano, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch2sf81AFHo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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bewitchedmatcha · 2 years
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🌸“Ti prego di raggiungere, senza fare distinzioni, coloro che potrebbero avere bisogno di te, che siano giovani o vecchi, donne o uomini, e di affiancarli, di sostenerli con tutta la forza che hai, di incoraggiarli.
E di sussurrare loro queste parole: non abbiamo una voce forte, ma possiamo comunque trasmettere il nostro messaggio, parlando tra noi a bassa voce.”
🐚Con queste parole si conclude questa edizione de “Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest” di Kaho Nashiki, un delizioso romanzo che affronta il tema dell’emarginazione attraverso il rapporto di amore in condizionato tra la piccola Mai e sua nonna, una donna saggia come una strega, capace di ascoltarla e starle vicino, senza giudicare, e guarirla e renderla forte giorno dopo giorno grazie al suo affetto ed ai suoi consigli con cui Mai imparerà a innamorarsi di nuovo della vita e del mondo.
🌾Lo scorrere lento delle giornate, ognuna segnata da piccole attività domestiche, ricorda in qualche modo ricorda alcuni manga ed anime slice of life, mentre il rapporto di Mai con la nonna che le propone un addestramento da apprendista strega non può che rimandarmi ai dolci episodi di Ojamajo Doremi, e forse è per questo che ho amato tanto questa lettura.
✨La magia è descritta in modo molto realistico, come una crescita personale e spirituale grazie alla quale si impara a vivere in armonia con la natura e a non lasciare che siano gli eventi a trascinarci, ma al contrario a seguirne l’onda e dominarli. E nonostante questo non sempre sia possibile, la vera magia è trovare dentro noi stessi la forza di rialzarci come Mai grazie alla formula magica che sua nonna lascia in eredità a noi tutti:
🔮”Non è una ferita mortale. Ci sono stati giorni in cui non riuscivo nemmeno ad alzarmi, ma quelle parole hanno avuto su di me l’effetto della tiepida luce di un pomeriggio d’inverno su un terreno gelato. Sono sicura che non mi metteranno ko. Sono sicura che non ti metteranno ko.”
Voi avete letto questo libro dolcissimo? Cosa ne pensate? 🥰
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ernestinee · 2 months
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Je termine à l'instant "L'été de la sorcière" de Nashiki Kaho.
L'histoire commence par la mort de la grand-mère de Mai. Le livre raconte les souvenirs de Mai, alors qu'elle vivait dans une maison de la campagne japonaise, avec cette mamy, surnommée La sorcière de l'ouest, qui lui montre comment comprendre la nature et écouter les petites voix qui la guident. Mélange de plongée en enfance, développement personnel et acceptation de ce qu'on ne peut comprendre ni maîtriser.
La lecture est fluide, comme souvent lorsque le texte est traduit du japonais. Je suis d'ailleurs tentée de trouver la version originale, pour voir quels mots ont été employés dans les superbes descriptions de paysages et de sensations.
Évidemment avec l'enfance que j'aie eue, je me suis identifiée à Mai à 200%. J'ai gardé certains passages qui m'ont profondément touchée tant j'ai ce sentiment de les avoir vécus moi-même il y a bien longtemps.
La plupart de ces extraits sont des sensations dans des lieux, en particulier ceci :
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Percevoir la volonté d'un lieu, depuis toujours j'ai l'impression de personnifier la nature, parfois me sentir accueillie, parfois me sentir jugée, ou cette sensation d'oppression lorsqu'il neige et que le sol me semble étouffer sous l'épais manteau, j'ai des dizaines d'exemples dans lesquels les lieux me semblent vivants, avec leur propre volonté et leur langage, comme dans cet extrait :
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Et puis l'observation, la fascination pour le brouillard, découvrir son origine, son mouvement, sa sérénité et le confondre lui aussi avec des émotions :
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Et enfin cet extrait qui décrit parfaitement la douleur de l'absence, le creux brûlant de vide et coulant gluant dans tout le corps, en particulier quand des remords viennent s'ajouter à la peine.
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Je sens cette entaille tellement fort, tellement précisément.
Ce livre était trop rapide à lire, j'avais envie de passer davantage de temps avec Mai, la voir grandir et, j'espère, rester proche de la nature et utiliser les savoirs acquis lors des journées passées avec sa grand-mère. J'ai un petit goût de pas assez, de fin trop rapide. Est-ce parce que j'ai apprécié le livre ou est-ce plus objectif que ça ? On va dire que c'est la première option.
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