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Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964-
Subjects
Young women -- Japan -- Fiction.
Japan -- Fiction.
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Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964-
Young women -- Japan -- Fiction.
Japan -- Fiction.
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Hardboiled ; &,
Hard
luck
/ Banana Yoshimoto ; translated from the Japanese by Michael Emmerich.
by
Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964-
Grove Press, c2005.
Call #:
FICTION YOS
Subjects
Young women -- Japan -- Fiction.
Japan -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780802117991
0802117996
Alternate title:
Hard
luck
.
Description:
149 p. ; 19 cm.
Notes:
Translation of: Hādoboirudo; Hādo rakku.
Contents:
Hardboiled --
Hard
luck
.
Summary:
Two short novellas of young women confronting loss. Another fine example of Yoshimoto's spare, gentle writing. "Banana Yoshimoto's depiction of the lives of Japanese youth has changed her country's literature and earned international acclaim. In Hardboiled &
Hard
Luck
, this internationally best-selling author delivers two tales of resonant grace, of young women coming to terms with change and heartbreak. In "Hardboiled," the narrator is hiking in the mountains on an anniversary she has forgotten about, the anniversary of her ex-lover's death. As she nears her hotel, a sense of haunting falls over her. That night she dreams of her ex-lover, and is visited by a woman who may not exist-perhaps these eerie events will help her make peace with her loss. "
Hard
Luck
" features a young woman whose sister is dying and lies in a coma. Her fiancé left her after the accident, but his brother continues to visit, and as the two of them make peace with the impending loss of their loved one, they seem to find new hope for the future in their own new bond. Hardboiled &
Hard
Luck
is a small jewel of a book, a work of resilient sweetness that will move readers deeply."--Publisher.
Genre:
Japanese fiction -- Translations into English.
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