Banana Yoshimoto
Born
in Tokyo, Japan
July 24, 1964
Website
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Genre
Kitchen
by
171 editions
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published
1988
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Asleep
by
61 editions
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published
1989
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Goodbye Tsugumi
65 editions
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published
1989
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N.P
by
62 editions
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published
1990
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The Lake
by
20 editions
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published
2005
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Lizard
55 editions
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published
1993
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Amrita
by
46 editions
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published
1994
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Dead-End Memories: Stories
by
32 editions
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published
2003
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The Premonition
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25 editions
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published
1988
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Hardboiled & Hard Luck
by
37 editions
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published
1999
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“Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
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“That's the advantage of insomnia. People who go to be early always complain that the night is too short, but for those of us who stay up all night, it can feel as long as a lifetime. You get a lot done”
― N.P
― N.P
“As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed.”
― Kitchen
― Kitchen
Polls
Which book should be our March group read? (Translated Fiction)
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (Japanese)
Cassandra by Christa Wolf (German)
Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende (Spanish)
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar (French)
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende (Spanish)
Paradise of the Blind by Dương Thu Hương (Vietnamese)
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan (French)
20 total votes
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