It can open the mind of readers to the lives of others, and provide the silenced the courage to speak up." The Color of the Sky is living proof of literature's importance. The Lakshmi and Asha Show "A bracing look inside the mind of a Zainichi teenager to challenge readers with a deeply traumatized consciousness and the pain and liberation that comes in processing that trauma. A literary hit in Japan when it was released, this beautiful and thoughtful novel explores the Zainichi Korean experience through a teen girl who seems surrounded by secrets." Time "Though it is just over 150 pages, The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the Heart packs a lot of emotion, history and personal growth within its pages. the novel unpacks the complexities around nationalism, prejudice, and identity." Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2022Ī Kirkus Reviews Anticipated YA Book of 2022 "The translated version of Chesil's debut novel, which was originally published in Japanese, draws from her own childhood. Praise for The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the HeartĪ Ms. Inspired by her own childhood, author Chesil creates a portrait of a girl who has been fighting alone against barriers of prejudice, nationality, and injustice all her life-all while searching for a place to belong. In witty and brutally honest vignettes, and interspersed with old letters from her expatriated family in North Korea, Ginny recounts her adolescence growing up Zainichi, an ethnic Korean born in Japan, and the incident that forced her to leave years prior. Where do you go? Ginny sets off on the road in search of an answer, with only her journal as a confidante. Then, Ginny finds a mysterious scrawl among Stephanie's scraps of paper and storybook drawings that changes everything: The sky is about to fall. She can't bring herself to open up to anyone about her past, or about what prompted her to flee her native Japan. Stephanie, the picture book author who took Ginny into her Oregon home after she was kicked out of school in Hawaii, isn't upset she only wants to know why. Seventeen-year-old Ginny Park is about to get expelled from high school-again. About the Book "First published in Japanese under the title Jini no pazuru."īook Synopsis A Zainichi Korean teen comes of age in Japan in this groundbreaking debut novel about prejudice and diaspora.
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