Banana Yoshimoto: Kitchen (1994, Faber)
150 pages
English language
Published March 10, 1994 by Faber.
Kitchen (キッチン) is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな）in 1988 and translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus. Although one may notice a certain Western influence in Yoshimoto's style, Kitchen is still critically recognized as an example of contemporary Japanese literature; The Independent, The Times, and The New Yorker have all reviewed the novel favorably. Most editions also include a novella entitled Moonlight Shadow, which is also a tragedy dealing with loss and love. There have been two films made of the story, a Japanese movie in 1989 and a more widely released version produced in Hong Kong by Yim Ho in 1997.
Escribe Yoshimoto dun xeito casual, como se a protagonista estivese ao teu carón compartindo un té (chá), contándoche o que ceou onte e o soa que se sinte ( e está).
O sentimento de perda e vacío recorren os tres relatos, onde uns personaxes solitarios se dan forzas, unhas forzas que nin eles saben de onde saen.
