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Aki Shimazaki


Born
in Gifu, Japan
January 01, 1954

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

Influences
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Kristof Agota, Osamu Dazai ...more


Aki Shimazaki is a Canadian novelist and translator. She moved to Canada in 1981, living in Vancouver and Toronto. Since 1991 she has lived in Montreal, where she teaches Japanese and publishes her novels in French. Her second novel, Hamaguri, won the Prix Ringuet in 2000.

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Average rating: 3.95 · 33,761 ratings · 4,221 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors
Hôzuki, la librería de Mitsuko
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3.94 avg rating — 5,922 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions
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Luna llena
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3.99 avg rating — 4,267 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions
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Azami (L'Ombre du Chardon, #1)
3.70 avg rating — 2,853 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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Tsubaki (Le poids des secre...
3.94 avg rating — 2,298 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions
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Il peso dei segreti
3.99 avg rating — 2,124 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions
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Fuki-no-tô (L'Ombre du Char...
3.94 avg rating — 1,562 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions
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Suisen (L'Ombre du Chardon,...
3.80 avg rating — 1,604 ratings — 12 editions
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Suzuran
3.84 avg rating — 1,558 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions
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Hamaguri (Le poids des secr...
4.06 avg rating — 1,395 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions
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Tsubame (Le poids des secre...
4.19 avg rating — 1,245 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions
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Series by Aki Shimazaki

Azami Hôzuki, la librería de Mitsuko Suisen Fuki-no-tô Maïmaï
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3.86 avg rating — 13,263 ratings

Tsubaki Hamaguri Tsubame Wasurenagusa Hotaru
(5 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 9,279 ratings

Suzuran Luna llena Una joven en Tokio
(3 books)
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3.90 avg rating — 6,662 ratings

Mitsuba Zakuro Tonbo Tsukushi Yamabuki
(5 books)
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4.09 avg rating — 3,616 ratings

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“La diferencia es simple. La religión consiste en creer y la filosofía, en dudar.”
― Aki Shimazaki, Hôzuki, la librería de Mitsuko
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“Tetsuo-san, ¿le gustaría volver a verme dentro de ciento dos años?”
― Aki Shimazaki, Luna llena
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“Para mí es amar y ser amado. Si nos casamos, quiero que nos amemos toda la vida.”
― Aki Shimazaki, Luna llena
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