Kitchen; Kitchen

by Banana Yoshimoto

• ISBN13: 9780671880187
• ISBN10: 0671880187
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-03-01
• Publisher: Washington Square Press

Summary

A lyrical tale about loss and grief and familial love. When college student Mikage Sakurai is orphaned by the death of her grandmother, she is rescued from loneliness and grief by Yuichi, a young flower shop delivery man, and discovers that families come in many shapes . . . and can be found in many places.

Author Biography

Banana Yoshimoto was born in 1964. Her bestselling first book, Kitchen, has sold millions of copies worldwide. It was followed by N.P., a novel, Lizard, her first collection of short stories, and Amrita, her most recent novel. Her books have won numerous prizes in her native Japan and abroad. Kitchen, N.P., Amrita, and Lizard are all available from Washington Square Press. She lives in Tokyo.

Table of Contents

Kitchen	1	(106)
Moonlight Shadow	107	(44)
Afterword	151