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Laura Imai Messina

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Roma, Italy

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Laura Imai Messina was born in Rome and graduated in Literature from La Sapienza University. She moved to Tokyo at the age of twenty-three to perfect the language and has been permanently living in Japan ever since. She obtained a first level doctorate in Comparative Cultures at the International Christian University with a thesis on the Japanese writer Ogawa Yōko and at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies a PhD with a comparative thesis on the subject of materiality in Japanese and European literature.

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Mi capita ultimamente di domandarmi quali emozioni convoglino in sentimenti e quali restino lì, come minuscole deflagrazioni che bruciano l’aria, un’aureola di fumo, niente che resta se non una fame insoluta di replicarle ancora, ancora ancora. Avessi diciott’anni probabilmente non me ne curerei, così come non me ne curavo a vent’anni. Ma prendendo anni addosso, guardando i miei bambini allungarsi

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Average rating: 3.86 · 35,456 ratings · 5,240 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World 3.86 avg rating — 24,492 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heartbeat Library 4.03 avg rating — 4,136 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le vite nascoste dei colori 3.72 avg rating — 1,935 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tōkyō tutto l'anno. Viaggio sentimentale nella grande metropoli by Laura Imai Messina, Igort (Illustrator) 3.61 avg rating — 1,197 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tutti gli indirizzi perduti 3.85 avg rating — 926 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tokyo orizzontale 3.38 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wa. La via giapponese all'armonia 4.13 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goro Goro. La pesca della stella, il viaggio di Daruma e altre storie giapponesi by Laura Imai Messina, Philip Giordano (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il Giappone a colori by Laura Imai Messina, Barbara Baldi (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Non oso dire la gioia 3.73 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Time may pass, but the memory of the people we've loved doesn't grow old. It is only we who age.”
― Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Box at the Edge of the World

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“It isn't just the best things that come to an end, but also the worst.”
― Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

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“Love is like therapy, it only works when you believe in it.”
― Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

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