by Banana Yoshimoto · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807812439
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«Kitchen» is the contemporary fiction novel by Banana Yoshimoto, published by Feltrinelli in paperback (150 pages, in Italian).
After being left alone by her grandmother's death, Mikage Sakurai finds refuge from loneliness in the kitchen. Her friendship with Yuichi Tanabe and his transgender mother, Eriko, brings her closer to a chosen family. The novel speaks of loss, grief and connection in contemporary Japan, and closes with a short story.
The work was originally published in 1988. This Italian edition, translated by Giorgio Amitrano, belongs to the Universale Economica Feltrinelli collection (no. 1243).
For readers of contemporary Japanese literature and intimate stories about family and grief.
Banana Yoshimoto is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto . From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana.
