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Banana Yoshimoto

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Banana Yoshimoto, 1964 - Novelist Banana Yoshimoto was born Mahoko Yoshimoto on July 24, 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. She is the daughter of poet and commentator Yoshimoto Ryumei, who had an impact on the radical student movement of the late 1960's. She attended Tokyo's Nihon University, where she studied toon meer creative writing and won a faculty award for her 1987 graduation novel "Moonlight Shadow." While working as a waitress, she took moments out of her day to write a novel and, at the age of 24, the result was "Kitchen" (1988), which is the story of a lonely woman who moves her bed into the kitchen, finding comfort in the humming of the refrigerator. She also wrote "Pineapple Pudding" and "Fruit Basket," which were both bestsellers. Her novel "Lizard" was dedicated to the memory of the late rocker Kurt Cobain and the novel "Long Night of Marika/Bali Dream Diary" (1996) was considered a flop. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Kitchen (1988) 4,817 exemplaren
N.P (1990) 1,347 exemplaren
Asleep (1989) 1,260 exemplaren
Goodbye Tsugumi (2002) 1,206 exemplaren
Lizard (1995) 1,098 exemplaren
Amrita (1994) 990 exemplaren
Hardboiled and Hard Luck (2001) 648 exemplaren
The Lake (2005) 522 exemplaren
Moshi Moshi (2010) 235 exemplaren
Sly (1996) 129 exemplaren
L'abito di piume (2005) 116 exemplaren
Presagio triste (1988) 109 exemplaren
Dead-End Memories: Stories (2022) 109 exemplaren
Il corpo sa tutto (2002) 100 exemplaren
L'ultima amante di Hachiko (1998) 98 exemplaren
Honeymoon (1997) 95 exemplaren
The Premonition: A Novel (2023) 94 exemplaren
Arcobaleno (2003) 80 exemplaren
Ricordi di un vicolo cieco (2003) 76 exemplaren
Il coperchio del mare (2007) 72 exemplaren
La piccola ombra (2001) 61 exemplaren
Delfini (2006) 48 exemplaren
Chie-Chan E Io (Italian Edition) (2007) 46 exemplaren
Un viaggio chiamato vita (2006) 43 exemplaren
High & Dry. Primo amore (2004) 38 exemplaren
A proposito di lei (2002) 28 exemplaren
Il giardino segreto. Il regno: 3 (2005) 23 exemplaren
Argentine Hag (2002) 23 exemplaren
Moonlight Shadow (1986) 21 exemplaren
Lebensgeister (2011) 18 exemplaren
Andromeda Heights (2014) 15 exemplaren
アムリタ〈上〉 (1994) 12 exemplaren
アムリタ〈下〉 (1994) 12 exemplaren
Il dolce domani (2020) 11 exemplaren
Le sorelle Donguri (2010) 11 exemplaren
Le strane storie di Fukiage (2022) 10 exemplaren
Su un letto di fiori (2021) 9 exemplaren
Another world: il Regno 4 (2017) 7 exemplaren
ひな菊の人生 (2000) 6 exemplaren
La casa dei fantasmi (2014) 4 exemplaren
パイナップリン (1992) 4 exemplaren
Banana Yoshimoto 4 exemplaren
パイナップルヘッド (1995) 4 exemplaren
Newlywed (2005) 4 exemplaren
Kuhinja (Serbian Edition) (2015) 3 exemplaren
La voce del cuore 2 exemplaren
哀しい予感 (1988) 2 exemplaren
Moshi Moshi (2017) 2 exemplaren
Viaggiatori nella notte (2013) 2 exemplaren
夢について (1994) 1 exemplaar
Fruits basket : 対談集 (1990) 1 exemplaar
中吊り小説 (新潮文庫) (1994) 1 exemplaar
すばらしい日々 (2013) 1 exemplaar
HH 1 exemplaar
האגם (2013) 1 exemplaar
Ein seltsamer Ort 1 exemplaar
Anna Thalbach liest Yoshimoto (2006) 1 exemplaar
Hard Luck 1 exemplaar
どんぐり姉妹 (2010) 1 exemplaar
B Kyū Banana 1 exemplaar
Hồ 1 exemplaar
Vĩnh biệt Tugumi 1 exemplaar
Thằn Lằn 1 exemplaar
Say ngủ 1 exemplaar
Sueño profundo 1 exemplaar
Eldhús 1 exemplaar
Un sogno gentile 1 exemplaar
ひとかげ (2006) 1 exemplaar
Ein seltsamer Ort 1 exemplaar
1994 1 exemplaar
まぼろしハワイ (2007) 1 exemplaar
イルカ (文春文庫) (2008) 1 exemplaar

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The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (2018) — Medewerker — 356 exemplaren
The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (1997) — Medewerker — 226 exemplaren
The Penguin Book of International Women's Stories (1996) — Medewerker — 113 exemplaren
The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction (Reading the City) (2015) — Medewerker — 86 exemplaren
New Japanese Voices: The Best Contemporary Fiction from Japan (1991) — Medewerker — 48 exemplaren

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I liked this collection of stories, but didn't love it. The first story, Newlywed, was really interesting though, and elevates this collection for me. These stories do capture a feeling of the early '90s, the ennui, the changes in society that were happening unseen to many of us, and of course, the struggle to find identity, purpose, and hope are universal. I was intrigued enough by this collection that I will read more of Yoshimoto-san's works.
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quickmind | 20 andere besprekingen | Mar 23, 2024 |
I have read Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto as a part of the #52booksin52weeks challenge. The book has been written very beautifully, capturing the emotions of the characters. A simple yet brilliant narration. The stories give you a vibe of sadness and hope. My favorite is the second story, which gives a strong message about life. Reading the book was a heartfelt encounter. But I felt that the stories needed completion. They ended abruptly, leaving the reader wanting more.

After reading the book, I think that people should think more positively about life. Depression and loneliness change a human being, and they forget to live their lives. It was a short read, and I finished it within a day. Definitely, the book deserves 4 stars.… (meer)
 
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Sucharita1986 | 124 andere besprekingen | Mar 20, 2024 |
A trifle forgettable but nonetheless readable, Yoshimoto's two novellas are musings on the living dealing with death and the supernatural . The stories are not morbid however, they are light and thoughtful and a nice vehicle to entertaining ideas that are slightly far-fetched and otherworldly. I have also read Kitchen by Yoshimoto and even though I don't think Banana is the greatest novelist, I like her innocent and airy style and have enjoyed her offerings thus far!
 
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Dzaowan | 9 andere besprekingen | Feb 15, 2024 |
It took me a while to get into this one, for whatever reason, but once I did I was completely immersed. Like many of Yoshimoto’s novels, this is about rebuilding your life after a loss. About mourning, and grief, and all that changes about your life and what you thought it would be. This one in particular is about Yocchan, who is living with her mother after losing her father (and her mother losing her husband) to a murder-suicide with his mistress. So there is a lot going on! The loss of a parent or spouse, the secret affair and what that meant to your relationship. Her mother redefining herself outside of the marriage.

And it’s Yoshimoto, so it is all soft, melancholy, almost underwater in a way. These aren’t characters who act out in big noisy ways. Things change, if slowly, until they realize they have ended up somewhere they never imagined.

The afterword about Yoshimoto losing her own father (after writing this book, but before it was through the publication process) makes it even more bitter sweet.

Yoshimoto talks about people criticizing her writing for being unrealistic, but I think this is just the sort of novel I would want to read after a major loss.

This book is also a love song to a neighborhood, the kind with lots of independent little restaurants and shops, where the people who work there also live there, that has its own distinct character even in the middle of a giant city.

A lovely read to start off the year!
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greeniezona | 10 andere besprekingen | Feb 4, 2024 |

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