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Banana Yoshimoto
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 Eriko, who is really his cross-dressing father. Kitchen and its companion story, Moonlight Shadow, are elegant tales whose seeming simplicity is the ruse of a very special writer.
- ISBN
- 9780802142443
- Edition
- Grove Press
- Genre
- Literary Fiction
- Format
- Physical
- Pages
- 160
My thoughts
one of the most warm and comforting books I've read in a while. it talks about grief and how people deal with it. something about the whole turning to the kitchen, when in grief idea seemed a little uncommon to me but after completing book I'm sitting here holding back a sob. My only complaint is that the second story was a little too short. I wanted more of it. it has just the right mix of magical realism and thought provoking themes. although quite a lot of reviews mentioned the loss this book suffered in translation, i still thoroughly enjoyed it and can totally see myself going back to it again.
We lend within Bangalore; elsewhere, we'll note your interest.