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Banana Yoshimoto

Kitchen

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The acclaimed debut of Japan’s “master storyteller” (Chicago Tribune).
With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Banana 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 is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother (who is really his cross-dressing father) Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its own tragic losses, Yoshimoto spins a lovely, evocative tale with the kitchen and the comforts of home at its heart.
In a whimsical style that recalls the early Marguerite Duras, Kitchen and its companion story, Moonlight Shadow, are elegant tales whose seeming simplicity is the ruse of a very special writer whose voice echoes in the mind and the soul.
“Lucid, earnest and disarming . . . [It] seizes hold of the reader’s sympathy and refuses to let go.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
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136 printed pages
Original publication
2015
Publication year
2015
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  • ferdelacruzmshared an impression5 years ago
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    Este libro es magia, los personajes y las escenas que describen son hermosísimas y muy entrañables.

  • Laura Mendozashared an impression2 years ago
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    Este libro me conmovió de muchas maneras. Qué bella la literatura japonesa, qué bella la narración de Banana Yoshimoto para hablar sobre la muerte, el duelo y el amor. Un libro que al principio me hizo sentir mucha tristeza y nostalgia, pero terminó siendo una luz de esperanza.

  • Jaqueline Francoshared an impression6 years ago
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    Simplemente me hizo llorar a moco tendido. Una literatura tan melancólica...

Quotes

  • Raquelhas quoted7 years ago
    When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.
  • ruth Contrerashas quoted4 years ago
    No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive
  • shanhas quoted2 years ago
    : Will it happen again?

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