Título: Run with the Wind: A Novel
Autor: Shion Miura
Sinopse: A bestseller in Japan—a beautiful story about shared self-discovery and friendship involving an unlikely group of students who decide to defy the odds and pursue a seemingly impossible goal together.
After shoplifting some bread one chilly March night, just before the start of a new academic year at Kansei University in western Tokyo, former high school track and field star Kakeru Kurahara runs through the city streets. Though he has grown disillusioned with the sport, he feels as if he could keep running forever . . . but to where, and for what? His revery is broken by a mysterious boy on a bike who has been following him, a fellow student at Kansei University named Haiji Kiyose, who also happens to be a runner.
Impressed by Kakeru’s agility, Haiji Kiyose persuades Kakeru to move into Chikusei-so, a run-down dormitory where he lives with eight other boys, including identical twins Jota and Joji, honor student Shindo, detail-oriented Yuki, trivia junkie King, Tanzanian international student Musa, nicotine-loving Nico, and manga otaku Prince. None of the students know that Chikusei-so is the historic home of the Kansei University Track and Field team.
At Kakeru's welcoming party, Kiyose reveals his grand plan: assembling a 10-man team of runners to compete in the Hakone Ekiden, a legendary college marathon relay race. Except for Kakeru and Kiyose, the Chikusei-so gang aren't athletic—or interested in competing. But Kiyose’s enthusiasm wins them over and they agree to this crazy plan. Over the course of ten months, this ragtag team will put aside their differences to pursue an elusive dream . . . and gain so much more than they ever expected.
Heartfelt and inspiring, Run with the Wind is a thrilling celebration of what it means to run—for yourself, for others, and with the wind.
Translated from the Japanese by Yui Kajita
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Run with the Wind: A Novel”, de Shion Miura, publicado pela editora HarperVia, em 2024 e com 448 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: HarperVia
Páginas: 448
Ano: 2024
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 006333089X
ISBN13: 9780063330894
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora HarperVia oferecem uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas densas e envolventes, que transitam entre o suspense investigativo e a exploração profunda de relações humanas complexas. O catálogo sugere um interesse por histórias que combinam ambientações históricas detalhadas, como em tramas ambientadas no início do século XX, com temas contemporâneos, incluindo questões sociais e emocionais intensas. A prosa costuma ser cuidadosa e rica em detalhes, ora com um ritmo mais contemplativo e lírico, ora com tensão crescente, especialmente em obras que abordam mistérios ou dramas familiares. Há uma atenção especial a personagens femininas multifacetadas e a conflitos que envolvem identidade, memória e limites sociais.
