Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto, Megan Backus (Translator)

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Faber & Faber
28 March 2018

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan's brightest young literary star and is now a cult film.

When Kitchen was first published in Japan in 1987 it won two of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes, climbed its way to the top of the bestseller lists, then remained there for over a year and sold millions of copies. Banana Yoshimoto was hailed as a young writer of great talent and great passion whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of modern literature, and has been described as 'the voice of young Japan' by the Independent on Sunday.

By: Banana Yoshimoto
Translated by: Megan Backus (Translator)
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 128g
ISBN: 9780571342723
ISBN 10: 0571342728
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 28 March 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Banana Yoshimoto was born in 1964. She is the author of Kitchen, N.P., Lizard, Amrita, Asleep and Goodbye Tsugumi. Her writing has won numerous prizes around the world.