The Secret of Butterflies

<p><strong style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)> Bilingual Japanese and English Text Facing-Page Edition. </strong>This autobiographical work chronicles Naomi's struggles to understand the cruelty of the world from her experience of raising swallowtail butterflies in her garden balcony. This experience leads her to unravel a family secret of her then 14-year-old father's history of the bombing of Nagasaki. This short story of butterflies dreams gods and survival is woven into a beautiful message of hope.</p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>見開きの日英対訳版。</strong><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>アゲハの幼虫をバルコニーで育て始めたら、なぜかそれが、父親の長崎原爆投下時の秘密へとつながっていき......。この世の惨さとの向き合い方を模索し、平和を内省した一女性の短編ノンフィクション。蝶、夢、神、サバイバル、憲法第９条が織りなす希望のメッセージ。</span></p>