Almost one with the girl, we feel the oppressive summer heat, her loneliness, blind trust and choking fear.” Milwaukee Journal Swept up by her heroine, Kazami Kano, off we run through the streets of Tokyo.
Yoshimoto throws four trendy young Japanese into a quandary that involves the reader instantly. The narrators of her novels exude pure optimism, even as they suffer.” Washington City Paper Deceptively simple.” Toronto Globe and Mail poignant achievement that draws its power from an atmosphere of earnestnessfrom that honesty of youth, untouched by cynicism. focuses on death and love and, most of all, overcoming loss and realizing that not everything is explainable in words.” Detroit Free Press is essential reading for everyone who has ever felt lost while trying to find their lives through coffee and credit cards. ∻anana Yoshimoto hits the generational mark again. novel of Japans Generation X.” Chicago Sun Times Yoshimoto has given readers a snapshot of a generation of Japanese women caught between traditional expectations that define them in male-dominated marriages and their desire to remain young, pure and free.” Denver Post The disturbing, ironic, relentless clarity of Kazamis voice casts a spell.
Yoshimoto hits some of the same notes that a previous generation's literary masters (say, Kawabata or Tanizaki) might sound, and yet the effect seems artless, spontaneous and wonderfully fresh.” Los Angeles Times Book Review ability to make everyday events seem romantic is a rare gift.” Harpers Bazaar is essential reading, a stunningly simple tale of youthful desires and obsessions. Haunted by Shojis death, Kazami discovers the truth behind the ninety-eighth storyand comes to believe that everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.” Banana Yoshimotos language sweeps the reader immediately into the streets of Tokyo, with her uncanny ability to merge the echoes of Japanese traditional literature with a contemporary plot. But the book may never be published in his native Japan: each translator who takes up the ninety-eighth story chooses death tooincluding Kazamis boyfriend, Shoji.
In N.P., a celebrated Japanese writer has committed suicide, leaving behind a collection of stories written in English, entitled N.P. Yoshimoto hits some of the same notes that a previous generation's literary masters (say, Kawabata or Tanizaki) might sound, and yet the effect seems artless, spontaneous and wonderfully fresh.” Los Angeles Times Book Reviewīanana Yoshimotos warm, witty, and heartfelt depictions of the lives of young Japanese have earned her international acclaim and best-seller status, as well as a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature.
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