Kitchen (First English Language Edition)

Banana Yoshimoto (author); Megan Backus (translator)

ISBN 10: 0802115160 / ISBN 13: 9780802115164

Published by Grove Press, New York, 1993

Third printing of the first English language edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean, tight copy with price ($14.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Red remainder line on lower edge of an otherwise very nice copy. Yoshimoto's first book, translated from the Japanese by Backus. Seller Inventory # FLAHIVE-1639

Synopsis:

Relates the experiences of two free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: Kitchen (First English Language Edition)
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition