Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto – other books

Entering Banana Yoshimoto’s fictional world is a little like living as an expatriate in Tokyo—everyday things are disconcertingly different. The exotic lurks around every corner. . . . Amrita is difficult to forget.” —San Francisco ChronicleBanana Yoshimoto’s warm, witty, and heartfelt depictions of the lives of young
Entering Banana Yoshimoto’s fictional world is a little like living as an expatriate in Tokyo—everyday things are disconcertingly different. The exotic lurks around every corner. . . . Amrita is difficult to forget.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Banana Yoshimoto’s 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. In Amrita, now in Grove Press paperback, when a celebrated actress dies under shocking circumstances, she leaves behind an older sister, Sakumi, who suffers from memory loss in the wake of an accident. Struggling to remember whom she loves and what she lost, Sakumi embarks on a unique emotional journey, accompanied by her dead sister’s lover and her clairvoyant kid brother. In Amrita, Yoshimoto proves, once again, her prowess as an imaginative yet grounded storyteller as she takes Sakumi—and readers—on a compelling expedition through grief, dreams, and shadows, to a place of transformation and discovery.

“Yoshimoto’s most fully realized work to date. . . . Her firm grasp of her characters, her surefooted prose and her wide-eyed exploration of everything from American pop culture to the Japanese language make this one of the most satisfying books of the summer.” —Time Out New York

Banana Yoshimoto Book List - FictionDB

A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconventional extended family that includes an older

Amrita

Amrita - By Banana Yoshimoto (paperback) : Target

Amrita - By Banana Yoshimoto (paperback) : Target

The Translated Novels of Banana Yoshimoto

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Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Quotations from Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto - Anobii

Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto, Faber And Faber Ltd., Paperback - Anobii

Amrita - By Banana Yoshimoto (paperback) : Target