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020			_a9780571342723
040			_beng _cGESM
041	1		_aeng _hjpn
082			_a895
100	1		_aYoshimoto, Banana _d1964- _4aut
245	1	0	_aKitchen
246			_aKitchin
250			_a2018
260			_aUK _bFaber & Faber _c1994
300			_a150 S _c20/13/1 cm _fPaperback
520			_aWith 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 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.
650			_aMagic realism
650			_aGrief
650			_aContemporary Fiction _y20th Century _zJapan
653			_aLGBTQ
655			_aSL
700	1		_aBackus, Megan _4transl
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