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Amrita
A Literary Fiction Novel by Banana Yoshimoto
Subgenres:
- Contemporary Japanese Fiction,
- Grief,
- Magical Realism
This book is for you if you're into...
- Grief journeys with memory loss and surreal family bonds
- Stories where clairvoyant siblings add an uncanny layer
- Literary fiction set in contemporary Japan with emotional depth
Banana Yoshimoto's warm, witty, and heartfelt depictions of the lives of young Japanese have earned her international acclaim and best-seller status, as well as a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature.
In Amrita, now in Grove Press paperback, when a celebrated actress dies under shocking circumstances, she leaves behind an older sister, Sakumi, who suffers from memory loss in the wake of an accident. Struggling to remember whom she loves and what she lost, Sakumi embarks on a unique emotional journey, accompanied by her dead sister's lover and her clairvoyant kid brother.
In Amrita, Yoshimoto proves, once again, her prowess as an imaginative yet grounded storyteller as she takes Sakumi—and readers—on a compelling expedition through grief, dreams, and shadows, to a place of transformation and discovery.
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