Author: Yoshimoto, Banana.
Publisher: Tusquets
Pages:160
An innocent yet relentless look at sadness and loneliness. Harmoniously blending traditional and modern Japan, Banana Yoshimoto offers in this volume six stories whose protagonists—young and not so young, men and women—face the passage of time and the need to overcome childhood traumas, tormented loves, and abandonment. They also confront the lucid contemplation of their own lives. Existences that seem to drift aimlessly, without meaning, or without surprises suddenly have the chance to harbor hope for a happier future, in six stories woven in a Tokyo where, at sunset, the moon merges with the sky and the city lights begin to twinkle.