精霊の木

by Nahoko Uehashi, 上橋 菜穂子, 二木 真希子 (イラスト)

Genres: Fantasy

294 pages, Hardcover

First published May 25, 2004

About the author

Nahoko Uehashi is the author of ten books in the Moribito series, which have sold more than a million copies and won many major literary awards in her native Japan. An associate professor at a Japanese university, she has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and studies indigenous peoples in Australia. She lives near Tokyo, Japan.

Reviews

[Jeremy Kitchen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable Sci-Fi adventure story. Nahoko Uehashi's debut novel takes place on a foreign planet as Lecia and Shin uncover mysteries about what happened to the people that once lived on the planet before humans arrived. Overall an entertaining read. The Japanese is pretty accessible N2 or an N3 stretch.

[m-a · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid debut novel from Nahoko Uehashi, manoeuvring important question on climate destruction, racism and indigenous rights.