Although one may notice a certain western influence in yoshimoto s style kitchen is still critically recognized as an example of contemporary japanese literature.
Kitchen yoshimoto characters. The independent the times and the new yorker have all reviewed the. Kitchen study guide contains a biography of banana yoshimoto literature essays quiz questions major themes characters and a full summary and analysis. Kitchen is often published alongside yoshimoto s midnight shadow another novella about grief that yoshimoto wrote in 1986 based on a short story she wrote while at her university yoshimoto has published many novels that similarly deal with loss hope and urban alienation including her prize winning novels goodbye tsugumi 1989 and amrita 1994. Kitchen キッチン is a novel written by japanese author banana yoshimoto 吉本ばなな in 1988 and translated into english in 1993 by megan backus.
Banana yoshimoto s novels have made her a sensation in japan and all over the world and kitchen the dazzling english language debut that is still her best loved book is an enchantingly original and deeply affecting book about mothers love tragedy and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free spirited young women in contemporary japan.