Japanese novelist Banana Yoshimoto "favors short novels that gradually reveal thin, almost translucent layers of her characters' personalities," as a critic for Publishers Weekly once explained. The a...
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In the following review. Galef argues that NP suffers from superficiality and poor writing.
Like comic books for businessmen and green-tea ice cream, Banana Yoshimoto is a Japanese phenomenon that ...
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In the following review, Cohen offers praise for NP.
When Banana Yoshimoto's novella Kitchen arrived on the American literary scene last year, many readers discovered a new soul mate. First ...
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An English novelist, biographer, and critic, Fitzgerald is the author of several novels, including The Golden Child (1977), Offshore (1979), and Innocence (1986). She is known for combining a humanist...
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In the following review, the critic describes NP as "ultimately unsatisfying."
Japanese novelist Yoshimoto follows her well-received Kitchen with [NP,] an off-beat, intriguing, but ul...
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In the following review, Seaman provides a positive assessment of NP.
Kitchen was a surprise hit last year for young Tokyo author Yoshimoto, so expectations will be high for this taut little melodr...
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Banana Yoshimoto
Critical Review by David Galef
