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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Fiction, International Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Adult
ISBN: 9781804996560
Published: September 2026
Imprint: Penguin
Page Extent: 240
Format: Paperback
RRP 295.00

The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park

Michiko Aoyama, Takami Nieda

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The brand new novel by the author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY now available in translation
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Readers adore Healing Hippo:
'I wanted to discover the magical hippo in myself as I read this book' *****
'How does Aoyama depict human emotion so vividly? I imagined myself in this book' *****
'I almost wept on my train home from work' *****
'It gripped my heart. I wish there was a magical hippo near my home' *****
'Whenever I feel hurt, I want to re-read this wonderful book' *****
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'Kabahiko is an amazing hippo. People say that if you touch the area of his body that you want to make better on yours, he'll provide a...

About the Author

Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama is the author of the multi-million-copy bestselling What You Are Looking For is in the Library, translated by Alison Watts, which was a Time Book of the Year, a Times bestseller and a New York Times Book of the Month. Matcha on Monday is a companion read to the author’s debut, Hot Chocolate on Thursday. Both are set in and around the fictitious Marble Cafe, a tiny community café in Tokyo.
Another book available in English by Aoyama and translated by Takami Nieda is the international bestseller The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park. Her latest novel to be published in English, Talking in a Moonlit Forest was also shortlisted for the Japan Booksellers’ Award.
Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.

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Takami Nieda

Takami Nieda

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