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This book contains a novella and a short story, both dealing with the death of a loved one. Although I wouldn't say that Yoshimoto has a beautiful style, I do like her stories.
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Banana is eloquent at writing about loss but the references to transwomen could be phrased better.
Moonlight Shadow was sparse and much better.
Moonlight Shadow was sparse and much better.
After completing this novella, I was reminded of the adage that great things come in small packages. A small novella but packed with load of emotion ranging from love, tragedy, grief, humor and much more. It is story of mothers and ( even a transsexual one)daughters, sons and their love for each other. Mikada after the death of her grandmother finds herself alone in the world. Her friend Yuichi and his mother Eriko (who is really his transsexual father) convince her to move in with them to griev
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AUTHOR Yoshimoto, Banana
TITLE Kitchen
DATE READ 01/13/19
RATING 5/A
FIRST SENTENCE The place I like best in the world is the kitchen.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/1988/Washington Sq Press / 150 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE GR Around the World - Japan; Alphabet Author - Y; GR January "New" -- new to me author 3/2; GR Around to it 2/3; GR 2019 Reading Goal 5/111
GROUP READ Chosen from my TBR by Book Obssessed for January
CHARACTERS Kitchen: Mikagie Sakurai and Yuichi Tanabe; Moonlight ...more
TITLE Kitchen
DATE READ 01/13/19
RATING 5/A
FIRST SENTENCE The place I like best in the world is the kitchen.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/1988/Washington Sq Press / 150 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE GR Around the World - Japan; Alphabet Author - Y; GR January "New" -- new to me author 3/2; GR Around to it 2/3; GR 2019 Reading Goal 5/111
GROUP READ Chosen from my TBR by Book Obssessed for January
CHARACTERS Kitchen: Mikagie Sakurai and Yuichi Tanabe; Moonlight ...more
It seems odd to say that a book about grief and despair is charming, but this is. I think it's the youthful voice and the sparse prose, but Yoshimoto doesn't pull her punches for all that.
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Not for me. None of the characters were relatable for me. I read the first 30 pages and skimmed the rest.
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