The Passengers on the Hankyu Line
Between the two beautiful towns of Takarazuka and Nishinomiya, in a stunning mountainous area of Japan, rattles the Hankyu Line train. Passengers step on and off, lost in thought, contemplating the tiny knots of their existence. On the outward journey, we are introduced to the emotional dilemmas of five characters, and on the return journey six months later, we watch them find resolutions.
A young man meets the young woman who always happens to borrow a library book just before he can check it out himself, a woman in a white bridal dress boards looking inexplicably sad, a university student heads home after class, a girl prepares to leave her abusive boyfriend, and an old lady discusses adopting a dog with her granddaughter.
With stories that crisscross like the railway lines, the Hankyu train trundles on, propelling the lives and loves of its passengers ever forward.
Hiro Arikawa
Hiro Arikawa is a bestselling author in Japan. Her novel The Travelling Cat Chronicles is a million-copy bestseller in Japan and a runaway hit around the world in multiple languages. It was also made into a Japanese-language film.
Her follow-up novel-in-stories, The Goodbye Cat includes some of the same humans and cats alongside brand new ones, and features the same irresistible wit, wisdom and warmth that thousands of reader across the world love so much.
Hiro Arikawa lives in Tokyo, Japan.
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