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月の貝

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 Author: 名木田恵子  Category: 3.11 narrative, care/coping/loss, Children's stories, Japanese, large publisher, tsunami  Publisher: 佼成出版社  Published: February 28, 2013  ISBN: 4333025850 More Details
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月の貝

Tsuki no Kai

The Moon Shell

なんで自分だけ助かったのでしょう―。東日本大震災で失われた多くの命。それぞれの命には、それぞれの遺族の悲しみがあります。残された遺族の心のケアを改めて見つめ直した絵本。

Why was I the only one who survived?Many lives were lost in the Great East Japan Earthquake.Each life has its own sorrow for the bereaved families.This picture book takes a fresh look at the emotional care of the bereaved families left behind.

※ 親の死やサバイバーズギルトが描かれている。六歳のえなちゃんは、家も母親も津波で流され、おばあちゃんの家にひきとられました。ある日、裏山で出会った少年に「月の貝」をもらいます。 寝るときに、その貝を握っていたら、不思議に心が安らぎ、久しぶりによく眠れました。少年はいったいだれなのでしょう。何もできなかったと自分を責め続ける少女の心の傷は、どのように癒されていくのでしょう。喪失感のなかにいる子どもの平穏を祈る、作者と画家の気持ちのこもった絵本です。

Death of a parent and survivor’s guilt are depicted.Six-year-old Ena-chan was taken in by her grandmother after her house and mother were swept away by the tsunami.One day, a boy she met in the mountains behind her gave her a “moon shell. When I held the shell while I slept, I felt strangely at peace and was able to sleep well for the first time in a long time.Who is the boy?How will the girl, who continues to blame herself for not having done anything, be healed from her emotional trauma? This is a picture book filled with the feelings of the author and the artist, who pray for the peace of a child in the midst of loss.

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