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Banana Yoshimoto (吉本 ばなな, Yoshimoto Banana, born 24 July 1964) is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本 真秀子, Yoshimoto Mahoko). From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana (よしもと ばなな).
Jul 20, 2024 · Banana Yoshimoto, Japanese author who achieved worldwide popularity writing stories and novels with slight action and unusual characters. Though her characters, settings, and titles were modern and influenced by American culture, they were unmistakably Japanese at the core.
Jan 30, 1988 · Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made her a sensation in Japan and all over the world, and Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, is an enchantingly original and deeply affecting book about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited ...
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- July 24, 1964
- Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, Megan Backus (Translator)
- Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto, Michael Emmerich (Translator)
- Goodbye Tsugumi.
- N.P by Banana Yoshimoto, Ann Sherif (Translator)
Oct 5, 2023 · Banana Yoshimoto Wants Books to Give Her Insomnia. “I love it when I don’t have any plans the next day and end up reading until daybreak because I can’t sleep,” says the author, whose new ...
Oct 8, 2023 · In Banana Yoshimoto’s ‘The Premonition,’ Visions of a Lost Family. Published in Japan in 1988, this novel follows a 19-year-old daughter in a happy family who starts to wonder if they are ...
Learn about the life and work of Banana Yoshimoto, a Japanese novelist and short story writer. She answers questions about her favourite books, animals, food, advice and more in this exclusive interview.
