Onda, Riku,   1964- <br/><br/>
Honeybees and Distant Thunder /  
RIKU ONDA ; Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel 
 - 423 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> Originally published in Japanese as 'Mitsubachi to enrai'. Tokyo: Gentosha Inc., ©2016. 
<br/><br/> The tender and compelling drama of four young pianists as they compete in an international piano competition. Aya, a child prodigy who gave up performing after the death of her mother, and is trying for a comeback; Masaru, a childhood friend of Aya, now competing against her; Akashi, older and married, works in a music store and is the "old man" of the competition; Jin, a sixteen-year-old prodigy, the free spirit son of a beekeeper who has no formal training and doesn't even own a piano. A tense, drama-filled two-week competition unfolds. Who will win through? Can they confront their own demons? 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the Japanese. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780857527950  RM98.90 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pianists --Japan--Fiction<br/>Friendship --Fiction<br/>Piano --Competitions --Fiction<br/>Self-actualization (Psychology) --Fiction<br/>Japanese fiction--Translation into English
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>895.636