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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
‘Lucid, earnest and disarming.’ New York Times
‘A perfect jewel of a novel.’ LENA DUNHAM
‘The sensuality is extraordinarily powerful.’ Chicago Tribune
Kitchen comprises Banana Yoshimoto’s two classic tales about mothers, trans identity, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy. First published in 1987, it won two of Japan’s most prestigious literary prizes, remained at the top of the bestseller lists for over a year and has gone on to be a much-loved international bestseller.
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Banana Yoshimoto is the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of Kitchen, N.P., Lizard, Amrita, Asleep and Goodbye Tsugumi. She has published ten books in English translation and her work has been translated and published in over thirty countries. She lives in Tokyo.
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