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Midori Motohashi
🇯🇵Japan
Midori Motohashi brings a novelistic sensibility to the art of literary adaptation. The Garden of Words — a novelization of Makoto Shinkai's acclaimed animated film — demonstrates Motohashi's ability to translate visual poetry into prose, expanding the story's emotional landscape while honoring its delicate exploration of longing and connection. The novel deepens the film's portrait of two lonely people who find unexpected solace in each other during Tokyo's rainy season, adding interior depth that only the written word can provide.
