Amrita

Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto: 'Pathos, nostalgia, the sense of exquisite sadness at the fleetingness of life are key elements of beauty in Japanese aesthetics, and all are themes central to Yoshimoto's books.' (The Times)

A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconventional extended family that includes an older sister, a woman in her twenties through whose eyes the story unfolds; a young brother who possesses mystical powers; and a fiancé who is writing a novel with uncanny parallels to his own story.

'Her novels can have the effect of addictive drugs . . . Pathos, nostalgia, the sense of exquisite sadness at the fleetingness of life are key elements of beauty in Japanese aesthetics, and all are themes central to Yoshimoto's books.' The Times

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Banana Yoshimoto - Банана Ёсимото

Publisher:Faber and Faber

Language:English

Publication Date:2001

Number of pages:384 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:128 mm / 5'

Height:200 mm / 7,9'

Weight:310 g

ISBN:9780571193745