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Goodbye Tsugumi
Banana Yoshimoto
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Description for Goodbye Tsugumi
Paperback. 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. Translator(s): Emmerich, Michael. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571212842
SKU
V9780571212842
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto is the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of Kitchen, N.P., Lizard, Amrita, Asleep and Goodbye Tsugumi. She has published ten books in English translation and her work has been translated and published in over thirty countries. She lives in Tokyo. Michael Emmerich received a BA from Princeton University. After completing research in Japanese literature studies at Ritsumeikan University ... Read more
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