The Forest of White Parrots

Author: Akiko Yano
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: A timeless classic like Grimms' Fairy Tales, a heartwarming and melancholic story like The Little Five Children. A classic fantasy novel that is both tragic and enchanting, warm and touching, resembling a modern version of Grimms' Fairy Tales. Akiko Yano says, she has a small fairy tale forest in her heart. It is a magical land, a world where fairies roam, where there are windows of foxes, where the branches are all covered with white parrots, where you can hear the souls of girls sobbing softly. Fifty-one enchanting stories that captivate both teenagers and adults, to be shared together.
Akiko Yano was a woman who lived away from the hustle and bustle of the world. She led a simple life, rarely went out, and even refused to travel. Yet, she left behind a hillside of wild chrysanthemums-like short fantasy stories, dreamlike and exquisite, like a series of ethereal and enduring short songs. She always wrote from the perspective of a gentle woman, blending faint sorrow into her sweet and eerie words, crafting stories that are simple to the point of transparency yet filled with the pain and poetry of life.