Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon

Displaying a matter-of-fact approach to the fantastical that recalls early Haruki Murakami, Tsujimura''s novel is an enchanting read>

About the author

MIZUKI TSUJIMURA is the much-loved author of million-copy-bestselling mystery and puzzlebox novels. Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon explores our relationship with the memories of deceased loved ones and what gives our lives meaning. It was made into a high-budget Japanese-language film and won a newcomer award. Its sequel, How to Hold Someone in Your Heart, was also a huge bestseller, cementing the appeal of Tsujimura’s unique combination of emotion, mystery and magic. She is the author of the groundbreaking novel Lonely Castle in the Mirror, which was also adapted for anime and manga and which combines real-world fantasy with important themes of mental health and friendship. Tsujimura has won many awards, including the Japan Booksellers' Award and the Naoki Prize, and is published worldwide. English-language editions of many of her works, including True Mothers and Arrogance and Virtue (now a major Japanese-language) are due to be published soon.Yuki Tejima is the translator of Mizuki Tsujimura’s Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon and How to Hold Someone in Your Heart, Kumi Kimura’s Someone to Watch Over You, and the sequel to Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s bestselling memoir, Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window 2. She moved from the US to Tokyo, where she now lives.

Product details

• Authors: Mizuki Tsujimura
• Assisted by: Yuki Tejima (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 05.03.2026
• EAN: 9781804992616
• ISBN: 978-1-80499-261-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Japan, Fantasy, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Psychological, Short Stories, FICTION / Magical Realism, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Magical Realism, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction