Book review: Riku Onda’s Honeybees And Distant Thunder is a paean to classical music

Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Riku Onda was a literary award-winner and million-copy bestseller in its native Japan. PHOTOS: TIMES, PRHUK
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Honeybees And Distant Thunder
By Riku Onda, translated by Philip Gabriel
Fiction/Doubleday/Paperback/432 pages/$29.70/Books Kinokuniya/4 out of 5 stars

Honeybees And Distant Thunder, which is set over the course of a high-stakes international piano competition, was a literary award-winner and million-copy bestseller in its native Japan, where it generated a music compilation, a hit movie and a spin-off sequel.

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