- Fiction, Grief, Family, Self-realization
A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconventional extended family that includes an older sister, a woman in her twenties through whose eyes the story unfolds; a young brother who possesses mystical powers; and a fiancé who is writing a novel with uncanny parallels to his own story.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- 吉本 ばなな
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 375
- Publisher
- Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, Pocket, Fukutake Shoten
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- Japanese, Chinese, German, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780571192793
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