よろこびの歌

by Natsu Miyashita

著名なヴァイオリニストの娘で、声楽を志す御木元玲は、音大附属高校の受験に失敗、新設女子高の普通科に進む。挫折感から同級生との交わりを拒み、母親へのコンプレックスからも抜け出せない玲。しかし、校内合唱コンクールを機に、頑なだった玲の心に変化が生まれる――。見えない未来に惑う少女たちが、歌をきっかけに心を通わせ、成長する姿を美しく紡ぎ出す。小泉今日子さんや書評家、書店員諸氏も絶賛した傑作。

Paperback Bunko

First published October 17, 2009

About the author

宮下奈都 Natsu Miyashita was born in Fukui Prefecture on Honshu island, Japan, in 1967. She has had a lifelong passion for reading and writing and has played the piano since she was very young. The Forest Of Wool And Steel won the influential Japan Booksellers’ Award, in which booksellers vote for the title they most enjoy to hand-sell. It has also been turned into a popular Japanese film directed by Kojiro Hashimoto and starring Kento Yamazaki.