Author: YOSHIMOTO, BANANA
Title: Hardboiled : and hard luck
Description: New York : Grove Press 2005. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 149 pages; Physical desc. : 149 p. ; 19 cm. Subject: Yoshimoto. Banana (1964-) --Translations into English. Summary: Banana Youshimoto's depiction of the lives of Japanese youth has changed her country's literature and earned international acclaim. In 'Hardboiled & Hard Luck. she 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 the 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' is about a young woman whose sister is dying and lies in a coma. Her fiance 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. by Banana Yoshimoto ; translated from the Japanese by Michael Emmerich. Uniform Title: Hadoboirudo.ISBN: 0802117996. Weight in Kg appr.:

Keywords: 0802117996