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Goodbye Tsugumi

By Banana Yoshimoto
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Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto is an evocative coming-of-age story set by the Japanese seaside. It follows Maria, who has grown up alongside her sickly, spoilt, and sometimes cruel cousin Tsugumi. As Maria prepares to move to Tokyo for university, Tsugumi invites her for one last summer together. What begins as a restful summer idyll unfolds into a profound journey of emotional growth, where Tsugumi experiences love and Maria discovers what home and family truly mean.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy literary fiction with a focus on nuanced character relationships and introspective themes. Fans of subtle, poetic storytelling and Japanese literature will find much to appreciate in Yoshimoto's exploration of solitude, love, and family bonds.

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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.

From the bestselling author of Kitchen: an elegiac story of two young cousins coming of age at the Japanese seaside.

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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF KITCHEN

'The voice of young Japan.' INDEPENDENT

'The literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist.' JAPAN TIMES

'[Yoshimoto] is the supreme poet of solitude.' SPECTATOR

An elegiac story of two young cousins coming of age at the Japanese seaside.

Maria has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled, and occasionally cruel. Now Maria is moving to Tokyo to go to university.

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.

Readers love Banana Yoshimoto:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I love her ability to make the mundane glorious and the supernatural and unbelievably unlikely commonplace'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Yoshimoto is there to show us that there is beauty in the simplest things and truth in life's most brutal moments'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'She paints a picture with her words unlike anyone else I've ever read'

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571212842

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 February 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main - Re-issue

Contributors:

  • Translated by Michael Emmerich

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 112.0mm

Height: 179.0mm

Weight: 125g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Banana Yoshimoto is the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of many works of fiction, including Kitchen, Goodbye Tsugumi and The Premonition. Her work has been translated in over thirty countries. She lives in Tokyo.

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