Banana Yoshimoto
Forfatter af Kitchen : roman
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
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Værker af Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto 4 eksemplarer
La voce del cuore 2 eksemplarer
Hard Luck 1 eksemplar
B Kyū Banana 1 eksemplar
HH 1 eksemplar
Only thing of rice and 100 talk a little (Asahi Bunko) (2013) ISBN: 4022647051 [Japanese Import] (2013) 1 eksemplar
Hard-Boiled Wonderland 1 eksemplar
Eldhús 1 eksemplar
Le piramidi stanno a guardare 1 eksemplar
1994 1 eksemplar
Hồ 1 eksemplar
Vĩnh biệt Tugumi 1 eksemplar
Thằn Lằn 1 eksemplar
Say ngủ 1 eksemplar
Sueño profundo 1 eksemplar
Un’esperienza (Italian Edition) 1 eksemplar
Oltre la finestra (Italian Edition) 1 eksemplar
Un sogno gentile 1 eksemplar
Ein seltsamer Ort 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Bidragyder — 338 eksemplarer
Freedom: Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2009) — Bidragyder — 70 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- Yoshimoto, Banana
- Juridisk navn
- Yoshimoto, Mahoko
- Fødselsdato
- 1964-07-24
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- Japan
- Fødested
- Bunkyo-ku, Tokio, Japan
- Bopæl
- Tokio, Japan
- Uddannelse
- Nihon University (Art College, Literature)
- Erhverv
- writer
- Relationer
- Yoshimoto, Takaaki (vader)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- The 6th Kaien Newcomer Writers Prize (1987)
Umitsubame First Novel Prize
Medlemmer
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N.P. af Banana Yoshimoto
Im Zentrum des Romans stehen junge Menschen voller Lebenshunger und Sehnsucht nach Liebe. N.P. hat die Spannung eines Thrillers, aber die subtile Beunruhigung, die der bizarren, doch taghellen Logik des Unbewußten entspringt. Noch meisterhafter als in Kitchen gelingt es der jungen Autorin, die Verstrickungen von Jugendlichen in erotische Leidenschaften, ihre sexuelle Unruhe zu schildern. (amazon)
I ended this book and just said "What?" out loud. The book suddenly switches with no warning into the format of a romance story except with all of the bits which might explain their connection and why they care about each other cut out.
Somehow despite the book being first person I never really developed much of an idea about the main character, except that she's in grief, sort of. The romance interest I have absolutely no clue. He likes her cooking? Even she admits she doesn't really understand him at all.
The most developed character is Eriko, a trans woman who runs a gay club. She insists on taking the main character (Mikage) in at the start of the novel when Mikage's grandmother dies for some vague reason. She mostly gets she pronouns but thankfully the author semi-regularly inserts reminders she's a man so you don't get confused. It's weird cause otherwise it feels like a decent portrayal for 1988 but it's like the author couldn't just leave it be. It's frustrating.… (mere)
Somehow despite the book being first person I never really developed much of an idea about the main character, except that she's in grief, sort of. The romance interest I have absolutely no clue. He likes her cooking? Even she admits she doesn't really understand him at all.
The most developed character is Eriko, a trans woman who runs a gay club. She insists on taking the main character (Mikage) in at the start of the novel when Mikage's grandmother dies for some vague reason. She mostly gets she pronouns but thankfully the author semi-regularly inserts reminders she's a man so you don't get confused. It's weird cause otherwise it feels like a decent portrayal for 1988 but it's like the author couldn't just leave it be. It's frustrating.… (mere)
Two short but powerful novellas whose lines are worth savoring slowly. Both are about coming to terms with grief through the power of kindness and love. Miyage and Yuichi are dealing with their respective losses. It is only when they channeled their grief into care and love for each other that the world became a bearable place to live in.
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Statistikker
- Værker
- 107
- Also by
- 7
- Medlemmer
- 13,422
- Popularitet
- #1,729
- Vurdering
- 3.6
- Anmeldelser
- 330
- ISBN
- 428
- Sprog
- 25
- Udvalgt
- 73
- Trædesten
- 324