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Kitchen

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Kitchen

By Banana Yoshimoto

3 Ratings • 4.7 of 5

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About the book

Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan's brightest young literary star and is now a cult film.When Kitchen was first published in Japan in 1987 it won two of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes, climbed its way to the top of the bestseller lists, then remained there for over a year and sold millions of copies. Banana Yoshimoto was hailed as a young writer of g...Show more

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Book details

ISBN

9780571342723

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Kitchen

Format

Paperback

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Paperback · 2000

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Paperback · 1993

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3 Ratings • 4.7 of 5

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