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A Girls' Guide to the Islands

Suzanne Kamata

出版	Gemma Open Door for Literacy, Incorporated, 2017
主題	Family & Relationships / Children with Special NeedsJuvenile Fiction / Science & Nature / GeneralTravel / Asia / East / JapanYoung Adult Nonfiction / Adventure & AdventurersYoung Adult Nonfiction / Girls & WomenYoung Adult Nonfiction / Travel
ISBN	19368465789781936846573
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qKgHMQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

The American writer Suzanne Kamata had lived in Japan for more than half of her life, yet she had never explored the small nearby islands of the Inland Sea. The islands, first made famous by Donald Richie's The Inland Sea 50 years ago, are noted for displaying artwork created by prominent, and sometimes curious, international artists and sculptors: Naoshima's wealth of museums, including one devoted to 007, Yayoi Kusama's polka dot pumpkins, Kazuo Katase's blue teacup, and a monster rising out of a well on the hour in Sakate, called "Anger at the Bottom of the Sea"--to name a few. Spurred by her teen-aged daughter Lilia's burgeoning interest in art and adventure, Kamata sets out to show her the islands' treasures. Mother and daughter must confront several barriers on their adventure. Lilia is deaf and uses a wheelchair. It is not always easy to get onto -- or off of -- the islands, not to mention the challenges of language, culture, and a generation gap. A Girls' Guide to the Islands takes the reader on a rare visit by a unique mother and daughter team.