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Mar 20, 1989 · Banana Yoshimoto's novels of young life in Japan have made her an international sensation. Goodbye Tsugumi is an offbeat story of a deep and complicated friendship between two female cousins that ranks among her best work. Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman.
Goodbye Tsugumi (Japanese: TUGUMI, written in allcaps rōmaji) is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto in 1989 and translated into English in 2002 by Michael Emmerich. Goodbye Tsugumi was made into a movie in 1990, directed by Jun Ichikawa.
Goodbye Tsugumi, by Banana Yoshimoto, Translated by Michael Emmerich. 186 pages. Grove Press, Fiction. The story begins as college student Maria, the narrator, moves to Tokyo with her single...
Goodbye Tsugumi, called a “witty, perceptive novel” by Elle, is an offbeat story of a deep and complicated friendship between two female cousins that ranks among her best work. Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman.
Jun 1, 2003 · 4.2 329 ratings. See all formats and editions. Banana Yoshimoto's novels of young life in Japan have made her an international sensation. Goodbye Tsugumi is an offbeat story of a deep and complicated friendship between two female cousins that ranks among her best work.
- Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto's novels of young life in Japan have made her an international sensation. Goodbye Tsugumi is an offbeat story of a deep and complicated friendship between two...
An elegiac story of two young cousins coming of age at the Japanese seaside, 'Goodbye Tsugumi' is an enchanting novel from one of Japan's finest...
Jan 1, 2002 · Having grown up by the sea alongside her charismatic invalid cousin Tsugumi, Maria moves to Tokyo and encounters an entirely different world of university enrollment and impending adulthood, and spending a last summer with her cousin, she comes to a new understanding about home and family. 35,000 first printing. Print length. 186 pages. Language.
- Banana Yoshimoto
In this “witty, perceptive novel”, a young woman moves to Tokyo and encounters the world of university enrollment and impending adulthood (Elle). Banana Yoshimoto’s novels of young life in Japan have made her an international sensation.
Goodbye Tsugumi is an offbeat story of a deep and complicated friendship between two female cousins that ranks among her best work. Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled, and occasionally cruel.
