Todos los libros de Banana Yoshimoto tienen una atmósfera especial. En este los personajes son peculiares, se conocen y empiezan a quererse casi sin hablarse, con el paso lento del tiempo, sin prisas, sin presiones. La protagonista acaba de perder a su madre y a lo largo de la novela se hace a la...
Any time I start something from B.Yoshimoto, it is out of Japanese fiction need....but I am always disappointed. it is not that I do not like her way, but it doesn't seem enough japanese or american or european....I feel confused, many many words, when the elegance would have lead to an end witho...
Novel karya Banana Yoshimoto terdiri dari dua judul, Kitchen dan Moonlight Shadow. Secara umum, cerita tentang sepasang anak muda yang ditinggal orang terdekat, dan berusaha bangkit dari bayang-bayang kesepian dan rasa kehilangan itu. KITCHENKitchen bercerita tentang seorang gadis muda di Tokyo, ...
I just finished reading the Japanese edition of this book after reading the English translation first, and after skimming some of the other reviews on here I have to say that I agree; something important about the spirit of this book is lost in translation. Before I get to sounding all pretentiou...
The carpet in the lobby looked a bit grubby and smelled like mold. But I was used to staying in places like this, so it didn’t bother me. I was just thrilled to have arrived. I rang the bell several times, and eventually a woman emerged from the room behind the desk—a Japa...