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2. Banana Yoshimoto - Wikipedia

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   Japanese. Period. 1987–present. Genre. Fiction. Website. Official website. Banana Yoshimoto (吉本 ばなな, Yoshimoto Banana, born 24 July 1964[1]) is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本 真秀子, Yoshimoto Mahoko). From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana (よしもと ばなな).

3. Kitchen (novel) - Wikipedia

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   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.. Although one may notice a certain Western influence in Yoshimoto's style, Kitchen is still critically recognized as an example of contemporary Japanese literature; The Independent, The Times, and The New Yorker have all reviewed the novel ...

4. NP (novel) - Wikipedia

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   NP (N・P) is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな) in 1990 and translated into English in 1994 by Ann Sherif. Plot summary [ edit ]

5. The Lake (Banana Yoshimoto novel) - Wikipedia

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   Plot. After her mother's death, Chihiro moves to Tokyo, where she sees a mysterious man, Nakajima, standing in the window of his home opposite hers, and watching her. Nakajima seems to have been a victim of a childhood trauma. Chihiro begins to fall in love with him but his dark past threatens to tear them apart. [4][5]

6. List of best-selling books - Wikipedia

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   Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide,[13]Harry Potterby J. K. Rowlingis the best-selling book series in history. The first novelin the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies,[14]making it one of the best-selling books of all time.

7. Sayaka Murata - Wikipedia

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   Murata often places challenging taboos at the forefront of her most popular works. [16] The title Earthlings focuses on an 11-year-old girl named Natsuki, with her boyfriend and cousin, Yuu, who believe themselves to be aliens due to their tumultuous relationship with their family. The story quickly develops into a harsh tale containing themes ...

8. List of novellas - Wikipedia

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   This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Novellas are works of prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Several novellas have been recognized as among the best examples of the literary form. Publishers and literary award societies typically consider a ...

9. Haruki Murakami - Wikipedia

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   Biography. Murakami was born in Kyoto, Japan, during the post-World War II baby boom and was raised in Nishinomiya, Ashiya and Kobe. [ 21 ][ 22 ] He is an only child. His father was the son of a Buddhist priest, [ 23 ] and his mother is the daughter of an Osaka merchant. [ 24 ] Both taught Japanese literature. [ 25 ]