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Goodbye Tsugumi

Paperback

Main Details

Title Goodbye Tsugumi
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Banana Yoshimoto
Translated by Michael Emmerich
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 180,Width 110
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780571212842
ClassificationsDewey:895.635
Audience
General
Edition Open Market - Airside ed

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 3 February 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 writers. Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made her an international sensation. Now she returns with a magical, 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. Now Maria's father is finally able to bring Maria and her mother to Tokyo, ushering Maria into a world of university, impending adulthood, and a 'normal' family. When Tsugumi invites Maria to spend a last summer by the sea, a restful idyll becomes a time of dramatic growth as Tsugumi finds love, and Maria learns the true meaning of home and family. She also has to confront both Tsugumi's inner strength and the real possibility of losing her.

Author Biography

Banana Yoshimoto was born in 1964. She is the author of Kitchen, N.P., Lizard, Amrita, Asleep and Goodbye Tsugumi. Her writing has won numerous prizes around the world.

Reviews

"A vital portrait of a complicated friendship."