'Kitchen' by Banana Yoshimoto is a collection of two novellas that explore themes of love, loss, grief, and personal growth. The stories delve into the lives of characters coping with death and navigating relationships in a quiet and introspective manner. The writing style is described as spare yet evocative, capturing the essence of deep emotions and everyday actions with clarity and openness.
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Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
Triggers include themes of death, grief, loss, and discussions of mental health struggles.
Has Romance?
While there are elements of romance and budding relationships, they are nuanced and intertwined with themes of grief.
From The Publisher:
Banana Yoshimoto's novels have created a sensation in Japan and all over the world. With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent and great passion whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature.
Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen is an enchantingly original and deeply affecting book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Mikage, the heroine of "Kitchen," is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, Mikaga is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother (who is really his cross-dressing father) Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its own tragic losses, Yoshimoto spins a lovely, evocative tale with the kitchen and the comforts of home at its heart. In a whimsical style that recalls the early Marguerite Duras, "Kitchen" and its companion story, "Moonlight Shadow," are elegant tales whose seeming simplicity is the ruse of a very special writer whose voice echoes in the mind and the soul.
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3 comment(s)
Which an author name like that (real or not) I really hoped I would enjoy her (?) writing but sadly this feelt short for me. Didn't find it very engaging and didn't enjoy much about it.
Buku yang otomatis masuk daftar buku
favoritku setelah baca bukunya.
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heartwarming. Dua-duanya sama-sama menceritakan kehilangan, dan dua-duanya juga bisa bikin aku merasa hangat. Rasanya kayak aku dibantu buat melihat dari sudut pandang lain yang sangat indah, membantu aku buat terus berjalan dan enggak menyerah menghadapi keadaan meskipun enggak sesuai dengan harapan kita.
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sensei benar-benar mengemas bukunya ini dengan sangat indah. Rasanya enggak cukup buatku bilang buku ini indah cuma satu kali, karena buku ini memang seindah itu.
I feel like maybe some of the poetic prose was lost in translation. sometimes it was beautiful others it felt like something i would say after drinking too much nyquil
What can you read after
Kitchen?
About the Author:
Banana Yoshimoto has won numerous prizes in her native Japan, and her first book, Kitchen, has sold millions of copies worldwide. Her books have been translated and published in more than twenty countries. She lives in Tokyo.
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