[PDF] A Thousand Cranes eBook

Author : Yasunari Kawabata
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 22,29 MB
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307833666

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A luminous story of desire, regret, and the almost sensual nostalgia that binds the living to the dead—from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner and author of Snow Country. "A stunning economy, delicacy of feeling, and a painter’s sensitivity to the visible world.” —The Atlantic While attending a traditional tea ceremony in the aftermath of his parents’ deaths, Kikuji encounters his father’s former mistress, Mrs. Ota. At first Kikuji is appalled by her indelicate nature, but it is not long before he succumbs to passion—a passion with tragic and unforeseen consequences, not just for the two lovers, but also for Mrs. Ota’s daughter, to whom Kikuji’s attachments soon extend. Death, jealousy, and attraction convene around the delicate art of the tea ceremony, where every gesture is imbued with profound meaning.

Author : Eleanor Coerr
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 2004-04-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780142401132

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“An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable.” —Booklist, starred review The star of her school’s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic…until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life—the race against time. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a heroine in Japan. "[The] story speaks directly to young readers of the tragedy of Sadako's death and, in its simplicity, makes a universal statement for 'peace in the world.” —The Horn Book "The story is told tenderly but with neither a morbid nor a sentimental tone: it is direct and touching." —BCCB

Author : Masahiro Sasaki
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 48,25 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1462921698

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**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner** **Middle School Book of the Year-- Northern Lights Book Awards** **Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner** For the first time, middle readers can learn the complete story of the courageous girl whose life, which ended through the effects of war, inspired a worldwide call for peace. In this book, author Sue DiCicco and Sadako's older brother Masahiro tell her complete story in English for the first time--how Sadako's courage throughout her illness inspired family and friends, and how she became a symbol of all people, especially children, who suffer from the impact of war. Her life and her death carry a message: we must have a wholehearted desire for peace and be willing to work together to achieve it. Sadako Sasaki was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on her city of Hiroshima at the end of World War II. Ten years later, just as life was starting to feel almost normal again, this athletic and enthusiastic girl was fighting a war of a different kind. One of many children affected by the bomb, she had contracted leukemia. Patient and determined, Sadako set herself the task of folding 1000 paper cranes in the hope that her wish to be made well again would be granted. Illustrations and personal family photos give a glimpse into Sadako's life and the horrors of war. Proceeds from this book are shared equally between The Sadako Legacy NPO and The Peace Crane Project.

Author : Takayuki Ishii
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 21,11 MB
Release : 2012-01-25
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0307806340

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The inspirational story of the Japanese national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue honoring Sadako and hundreds of other children who died as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima. Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue to remember Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. On top of the statue is a girl holding a large crane in her outstretched arms. Today in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, this statue of Sadako is beautifully decorated with thousands of paper cranes given by people throughout the world.

Author : Florence Temko
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 45,48 MB
Release : 2011-08-16
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0893469998

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How to fold the famous Japanese Paper Crane and string 1,000 cranes, inspired by the story of Sadako and Hiroshima.

Author : Molly Bang
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,85 MB
Release : 1987-07-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0688073336

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Business returns to a once prosperous restaurant when a mysterious stranger pays for his meal with a magical paper crane that comes alive and dances.

Author : Pallavi Aiyar
Publisher : India List
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,69 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Authors, Indic
ISBN : 9780857427441

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In Japan there is a legend that anyone who folds one thousand paper cranes will have their wishes realized. But folding cranes, and the meditative, solemn care that it involves, has come to mean more than just an exercise in wish making. Origami cranes have become a symbol of renewal, atonement, and warning. Their symbolism may have emerged out of Japan's particular mythology and history, but they do not belong to any one nation. The crane is a migratory bird that crosses borders and makes its home with scant regard to the blood-soaked lines that humans have drawn on maps. This anthology uses origami cranes as a way for some of India's best-known writers, poets, and artists to form a shared civic space for a conversation about the fault lines in India at a time of darkness. The twenty-three pieces collected here encompass reportage, stories, poems, memoir, and polemic--the kind of complex and enriching diversity that India demands and deserves. The paper crane becomes a motif of connection, beauty, and reclamation in an otherwise degraded country, enabling those who fight with words to become the best army they can be.

Author : Leonard Bird
Publisher : University of Utah Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0874808243

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A haunting memoir by Leonard Bird, a Marine who was exposed to high doses of radiation during the 1950's atmospheric detonations of nuclear weapons in the Nevada desert. He shares his journey to the International Park for World Peace in Hiroshima where he seeks to make peace with his past and with a future shadowed by nuclear proliferation.