| Author: | Tsuru, Fumiko | Original Title: | ところてんの歌 | Place: | Tokyo |
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| Publisher: | San Paolo Japan | Year: | 1998 |
Tsuru, Fumiko. Transl. Mayet & Marisa. The Song of Tokoroten . ところてんの歌 Tokyo, San Paolo Japan, 1998.
Tsuru, Fumiko/ The Song of Tokoroten/ Tokyo/ San Paolo Japan, 1998. This is a story of a girl who died in the Nagasaki bombing while carrying a bowl of tokoroten, vegetable gelatin jelly, light refreshment for the summer, for her sick mother to eat. All of her family members except for her father, who had been drafted into military service, were killed in the bombing. 病気の母のためにところてんを運んでいるときに被爆死した少女の話。兵役で戦地に出向いていた父親以外は家族全員が長崎の原爆で死亡する。