Kitchen - Softcover
When Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen was first published in Japan in 1987, "Bananamania" seized the country. Kitchen won two of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes and sold millions of copies. It is a startlingly original yet charming book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, kitchens, love, tragedy, and a pair of free-spirited young women. (Grove Press)
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Review:
"Ms. Yoshimoto's writing is lucid, earnest and disarming, as emotionally observant as Jane Smiley's, as fluently readable as Anne Tyler's. ...[It] seizes hold of the reader's sympathy and refuses to let go."
"Ms. Yoshimoto's writing is lucid, earnest and disarming . . . [It] seizes hold of the reader's sympathy and refuses to let go." --Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"
"Banana Yoshimoto is a master storyteller. . . . The sensuality is subtle, masked, and extraordinarily powerful. The language is deceptively simple." --"Chicago Tribune"
"Yoshimoto shouldn't be shy about basking in her celebrity. Her achievements are already legend."--"The Boston Globe"
"A meditation on the transience of beauty and love...Melancholy and lovely." -"The Washington Post Book World"
Ms. Yoshimoto s writing is lucid, earnest and disarming . . . [It] seizes hold of the reader s sympathy and refuses to let go. Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"
Banana Yoshimoto is a master storyteller. . . . The sensuality is subtle, masked, and extraordinarily powerful. The language is deceptively simple. "Chicago Tribune"
Yoshimoto shouldn t be shy about basking in her celebrity. Her achievements are already legend. "The Boston Globe"
A meditation on the transience of beauty and loveMelancholy and lovely. "The Washington Post Book World"
"
Ms. Yoshimoto s writing is lucid, earnest and disarming . . . [It] seizes hold of the reader s sympathy and refuses to let go. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
Banana Yoshimoto is a master storyteller. . . . The sensuality is subtle, masked, and extraordinarily powerful. The language is deceptively simple. Chicago Tribune
Yoshimoto shouldn t be shy about basking in her celebrity. Her achievements are already legend. The Boston Globe
A meditation on the transience of beauty and loveMelancholy and lovely. The Washington Post Book World
"
"Ms. Yoshimoto's writing is lucid, earnest and disarming . . . [It] seizes hold of the reader's sympathy and refuses to let go." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Banana Yoshimoto is a master storyteller. . . . The sensuality is subtle, masked, and extraordinarily powerful. The language is deceptively simple." --Chicago Tribune "Yoshimoto shouldn't be shy about basking in her celebrity. Her achievements are already legend."--The Boston Globe "A meditation on the transience of beauty and love...Melancholy and lovely." -The Washington Post Book World
From the Back Cover:
"Ms. Yoshimoto's writing is lucid, earnest and disarming . . . [It] seizes hold of the reader's sympathy and refuses to let go." --Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"
"Banana Yoshimoto is a master storyteller. . . . The sensuality is subtle, masked, and extraordinarily powerful. The language is deceptively simple." --"Chicago Tribune"
"Yoshimoto shouldn't be shy about basking in her celebrity. Her achievements are already legend."--"The Boston Globe"
"A meditation on the transience of beauty and love...Melancholy and lovely." -"The Washington Post Book World"
Ms. Yoshimoto s writing is lucid, earnest and disarming . . . [It] seizes hold of the reader s sympathy and refuses to let go. Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"
Banana Yoshimoto is a master storyteller. . . . The sensuality is subtle, masked, and extraordinarily powerful. The language is deceptively simple. "Chicago Tribune"
Yoshimoto shouldn t be shy about basking in her celebrity. Her achievements are already legend. "The Boston Globe"
A meditation on the transience of beauty and loveMelancholy and lovely. "The Washington Post Book World"
"
Ms. Yoshimoto s writing is lucid, earnest and disarming . . . [It] seizes hold of the reader s sympathy and refuses to let go. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
Banana Yoshimoto is a master storyteller. . . . The sensuality is subtle, masked, and extraordinarily powerful. The language is deceptively simple. Chicago Tribune
Yoshimoto shouldn t be shy about basking in her celebrity. Her achievements are already legend. The Boston Globe
A meditation on the transience of beauty and loveMelancholy and lovely. The Washington Post Book World
"
"Ms. Yoshimoto's writing is lucid, earnest and disarming . . . [It] seizes hold of the reader's sympathy and refuses to let go." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Banana Yoshimoto is a master storyteller. . . . The sensuality is subtle, masked, and extraordinarily powerful. The language is deceptively simple." --Chicago Tribune "Yoshimoto shouldn't be shy about basking in her celebrity. Her achievements are already legend."--The Boston Globe "A meditation on the transience of beauty and love...Melancholy and lovely." -The Washington Post Book World
A scathing comedy of social striving in the suburbs, Absurd Person Singular follows the fortunes of three couples who turn up in each other's kitchens on three successive Christmases, to hilarious and devastating effect.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0571225764
- ISBN 13 9780571225767
- BindingPaperback
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