- Fiction, short stories (single author)
**A pair of thematically linked novellas from the acclaimed author of Lizard, Amrita, and Goodbye Tsugumi.**
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Contemporary, earnest, contemplative and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- 吉本 ばなな
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 160
- Publisher
- Grove Press, Faber and Faber, Shi bao wen hua chu ban gong si
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- Chinese, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780802117991
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About 吉本 ばなな · 1964
Mahoko Yoshimoto is a Japanese novelist writing under the pen name *Banana Yoshimoto*.
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