In these three novellas, Yoshimoto spins the stories of three young women bewitched into a spiritual sleep. Sly and mystical as a ghost story, with a touch of Kafkaesque surrealism, "Asleep"--now in paperback--is an enchanting book from one of the best writers in contemporary international fiction.
In these three novellas, Yoshimoto spins the stories of three young women bewitched into a spiritual sleep. Sly and mystical as a ghost story, with a ...
When charismatic and spoiled Tsugumi invites her cousin Maria to spend a last summer by the sea, a restful idyll becomes a time of dramatic growth as Tsugumi finds love and Maria learns the true meaning of home and family. A 2002 Kiriyama Prize Book.
When charismatic and spoiled Tsugumi invites her cousin Maria to spend a last summer by the sea, a restful idyll becomes a time of dramatic growth as ...
With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Kitchen is an enchantingly original book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Mikage, the heroine, is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, Mikage...
With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Yoshi...
In cherished novels such as "Kitchen" and "Goodbye Tsugumi," Banana Yoshimoto s warm, witty, and heartfelt depictions of the lives of young Japanese have earned her international acclaim and best-seller status. Her insightful, spare vision returns in two novellas possessed by the ghosts of love found and lost. In "Hardboiled," the unnamed narrator is hiking in the mountains on an anniversary she has forgotten about, the anniversary of her ex-lover s death. As she nears her hotelstopping on the way at a hillside shrine and a strange soba shopa sense of haunting falls over her. Perhaps these...
In cherished novels such as "Kitchen" and "Goodbye Tsugumi," Banana Yoshimoto s warm, witty, and heartfelt depictions of the lives of young Japanese h...
Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled and occasionally cruel. Now Maria's father is finally able to bring Maria and her mother to Tokyo, ushering Maria into a world of university, impending adulthood, and a normal family.
Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoil...
Asleep tells the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning a lost love, finds herself sleepwalking at night. Another, embarking on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself unable to stay awake. The third finds her sleep haunted.
Asleep tells the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning a lost love, finds herself sleepwalking at night. Another...
Schlafsucht, Alkohol, geheimnisvolle Begegnungen - drei Geschichten von der Nacht und vom Wiedererwachen aus tiefem Schlaf, drei Geschichten ber Frauen, deren Herzen und Seelen nicht zur Ruhe kommen.Diese drei Geschichten sind sozusagen Geschwister - in gewissem Sinne knnte man sie vielleicht sogar als eine einzige groe Erzhlung ansehen. (Banana Yoshimoto)
Schlafsucht, Alkohol, geheimnisvolle Begegnungen - drei Geschichten von der Nacht und vom Wiedererwachen aus tiefem Schlaf, drei Geschichten ber Fraue...
Als Mikage ihre Gromutter verliert, ist sie vollkommen allein in der groen Wohnung. Nur in der Kche, wo sie das Brummen des Khlschranks in den Schlaf wiegt, kommt sie zur Ruhe. Aus ihrer Einsamkeit holt sie Yuichi. Er schlgt ihr vor, zu ihm und seiner Mutter zu ziehen. Es entwickelt sich eine merkwrdige Wohngemeinschaft. Denn Eriko, die wunderschne Mutter Yuichis, hat eine schillernde Vergangenheit.
Als Mikage ihre Gromutter verliert, ist sie vollkommen allein in der groen Wohnung. Nur in der Kche, wo sie das Brummen des Khlschranks in den Schlaf ...
48 Jahre alt ist der japanische Schriftsteller Takase, als er seinem Leben ein Ende setzt. Zu seinen Hinterlassenschaften zählen ein unvollendetes Manuskript und ein bildschönes Zwillingspaar. Das Manuskript, das unter dem Titel "N. P." veröffentlicht wird, erreicht hohe Verkaufszahlen und übt auf alle, die es lesen, eine beunruhigende Wirkung aus. Nach "Kitchen" legt die 1964 geborene japanische Autorin ihren zweiten Roman vor. Wieder treten junge Leute auf, die erfüllt sind von Sehnsucht nach Leben und Liebe.
48 Jahre alt ist der japanische Schriftsteller Takase, als er seinem Leben ein Ende setzt. Zu seinen Hinterlassenschaften zählen ein unvollendetes Ma...