With the publication of 'Kitchen, ' the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature. 'Kitchen' is an enchantingly original book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Mikage, the heroine, is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, Mikage is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother (who is really his cross-dressing father) Eriko.
As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its own tragic losses, Yoshimoto spins a lovely, evocative tale with the kitchen and the comforts of home at its heart. In a whimsical style that recalls the early Marguerite Duras, 'Kitchen' and its companion story, 'Moonlight Shadow,' are elegant tales whose seeming simplicity is the ruse of a very special writer whose voice echoes in the mind and the soul.
. Kitchen (Kitchen, 1988) - contenente anche Moonlight Shadow.
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Contents. Biography Yoshimoto was born in on July 24, 1964 and grew up in a liberal family. Her father is the famous poet and critic, and her sister, is a well-known in Japan. Yoshimoto graduated from 's Art College with a major in. While there, she adopted the pseudonym 'Banana', after her love of, a name she recognizes as both 'cute' and 'purposefully androgynous.'
Yoshimoto keeps her personal life guarded and reveals little about her certified practitioner husband, or son (born in 2003). Each day she takes half an hour to write at her computer, and she says, 'I tend to feel guilty because I write these stories almost for fun.' Between 2008 and 2010, she maintained an online journal for English speaking fans. Writing career Yoshimoto began her writing career while working as a waitress at a golf club restaurant, in 1987.
She named American author as one of her first major influences and drew inspiration from his non-horror stories. As her writing progressed, she was further influenced by and.
Her debut work, (1988), had over 60 printings in Japan alone. There have been two film adaptations: a Japanese TV movie and a more widely released version titled Wo ai chu fang, produced in by in 1997. In November 1987, Yoshimoto won the 6th Kaien Newcomers' Literary Prize for Kitchen; in 1988, the novel was nominated for the, and in 1999, it received the 39th Recommendation by the Minister of Education for Best Newcomer Artist. In 1988 (January), she also won the 16th, for the novella, which is included in most editions of Kitchen. Another one of her novels, (1989), received mixed reviews but was made into directed. Publications Her works include 12 novels and seven collections of essays (including Pineapple Pudding and Song From Banana) which have together sold over six million copies worldwide.
Her themes include love and friendship, the power of home and family, and the effect of loss on the human spirit. In 1998, she wrote the foreword to the Italian edition of the book by musicologist. In 2013, Yoshimoto wrote the serialized novel, Shall We Love?
(僕たち、恋愛しようか?), for the women's magazine, with singer-actor as the central character. The romance novel was the first of her works to feature a Korean singer as the central character. Writing style Yoshimoto says that her two main themes are “the exhaustion of young Japanese in contemporary Japan” and “the way in which terrible experiences shape a person’s life”. Her works describe the problems faced by youth, urban, and teenagers trapped between imagination and reality. They are targeted not only to the young and rebellious, but also to grown-ups who are still young at heart. Banana’s characters, settings, and titles have a modern and American approach, but the core is Japanese. She addresses readers in a very personal and friendly way, with warmth and outright innocence, writing about the simple things such as the squeaking of wooden floors or the pleasant smell of food.
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Food and dreams are recurring themes in her work which are often associated with memories and emotions. Banana admitted that most of her artistic inspiration derives from her own dreams and that she’d like to always be sleeping and living a life full of dreams. Awards In August 1988, the Minister of Education awarded Yoshimoto the 39th Best Newcomer Artists Recommended Prize, for Kitchen and Utakata/Sankuchuari. In March 1989, Goodbye Tsugumi was awarded the 2nd. In 1994, her first long novel, Amrita, was awarded the. Outside Japan, she has been awarded prizes in Italy: the Scanno Literary Prize in 1993, the Fendissime Literary Prize in 1996, the Literary Prize Maschera d' argento in 1999, and the Capri Award in 2011. The Lake was longlisted for the 2011.
Bibliography Titles between parentheses are rough translations if the novel has not been translated.
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