by Yoko Ogawa · Editorial Funambulista S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496601987
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In 'The Girl Who Went to School on a Hippopotamus', Tomoko, a young orphan, moves to her cousin Mina's house in Kobe when she turns twelve. The Western-style mansion where Mina lives is a unique place, with a cousin who loves books, a mixed-race uncle who runs a beverage factory, and a German great-aunt. But the most surprising thing is the dwarf hippopotamus that lives on the estate, a former zoo, and that Mina uses to go to school due to her chronic asthma. This novel, winner of the Tanizaki Prize in 2006, is a story full of optimism and poetry, set in the 70s, which explores themes of friendship and childhood, following the line of 'The Professor's Beloved Equation' by Yoko Ogawa.
Yōko Ogawa is a Japanese writer. Her work has won every major Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Prize. Internationally, she has been the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and the American Book Award. The Memory Police was also shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020.
