Full-fledged phenomenon: a young writer of great talent and great passion whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of twentieth-century Japanese literature. Banana Yoshimoto’s Kitchen is an enchantingly original and deeply affecting book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, kitchens, love, tragedy, and the terms they all come to in the minds of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Told in a whimsical style that.
| japanese title: | Kitchin |
| notes: | Japanese title: Kitchin. Contents: Kitchen, Moonlight shadow. |
| subjects: | Domestic fiction Short stories |
| genre: | Fiction |
| ISBN: | 9780802115164 |
| OCLC number: | 25676042 |
| publisher: | Grove Press, 1993, 2006; Washington Square Press, 1993; Faber and Faber, 1994, 1997; Paw Prints, 2010 |
| publication place: | New York; New York; Boston |
| japanese publication date: | 1988 |
| english publication date: | 1993 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | 152 p. ; 19 cm. |