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The Nighthawk Star
Kenji Miyazawa
A bird called ugly flies into the night sky in search of a place to belong.
Its compassion for small lives and its struggle to live become inseparable.
A brief tale that leaves a distant, starlit afterglow.
Why read it now
A quiet story to finish in one evening when the nights feel long.
Before reading
Amid Miyazawa's vivid natural world, it asks what it means to look at the vulnerable with cruelty.
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