Banana Yoshimoto
1) The lake
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale of a young woman who moves to Tokyo after the death of her mother, hoping to get over her grief and start a career as a graphic artist. She finds herself spending too much time staring out her window, though ... until she realizes she's gotten used to seeing a young man across the street staring out his window, too. They eventually embark on a hesitant romance, until she learns that he has been the victim of some form of childhood trauma. Visiting...
2) Kitchen
Author
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
152 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two stories, "Kitchen" and "Moonlight Shadow," told through the eyes of a pair of contemporary young Japanese women, deal with the themes of mothers, love, transsexuality, kitchens, and tragedy.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
221 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"First published in Japan in 2003 and never before published in the United States, Dead-End Memories collects the stories of five women who, following sudden and painful events, quietly discover their ways back to recovery. Among the women we meet in Dead-End Memories is one betrayed by her fiance who finds a perfect refuge in an apartment above her uncle's bar while seeking the real meaning of happiness. In "House of Ghosts," the daughter of a yoshoku...
4) Lizard
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
ix, 180 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores themes of time, healing and fate, and how her urban, sophisticated, independent young men and women come to terms with them. The stories are a blend of traditional Japanese and contemporary popular culture.