Window by the Window

Author: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: One of the most influential works of the 20th century, translated into 33 languages and globally best-selling; Author Tetsuko Kuroyanagi was hailed by The New York Times and Time as one of Japan's greatest women. Her masterpiece, The Little Prince, published in 1981, not only in Japan but also worldwide, sparked immense. By 2001, the Japanese edition had sold 9.38 million copies, becoming the best-selling book in Japanese history. The book has been translated into 33 languages and introduced to the world. When the English edition was published in the U.S., The New York Times featured two full-page reviews, a "honor" that no one had received before her and no one has since. The English edition alone sold over 700,000 copies in Japan, a record that remains unmatched to this day. This book tells a true story from the author's childhood when she was in elementary school. After being expelled from her original school for being mischievous, she came to Baruchin School, where under the care and guidance of Principal Kimura, the "strange" little girl gradually became a child that everyone could accept and laid the foundation for her entire life. This book has not only brought millions of readers around the world countless laughs and tears but also injected new vitality into the development of modern education, becoming one of the most influential works of the 20th century.