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Hardboiled/Hard Luck

Hardboiled/Hard Luck

by Banana Yoshimoto (Author), Michael Emmerich (Translator), Michael Emmerich (Translator), Banana Yoshimoto (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $23.21
Synopsis

Hardboiled opens as the narrator treks high above her secluded mountain hotel on the anniversary of her lovers death. Hard Luck opens with another female narrator, this time at the bedside of her sister, who lies in a coma. Exploring the ghosts of love, memory, and intimate secrets, these are two haunting and atmospheric tales from Japan's leading female writer.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 160
 Edition: Rev Ed
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 03 Aug 2006
ISBN 10: 0571227848
ISBN 13: 9780571227846

Media Reviews
'These bitter-sweet novellas mix ancient software - the autumnal pathos of much Japanese art - with the modern hardware of tough urban life.' Independent
Author Bio
Banana Yoshimoto was born in 1964. She is the author of Kitchen, N.P., Lizard, Amrita, Asleep and Goodbye Tsugumi. Her acclaimed stories, novels and essays have won numerous prizes both in Japan and abroad. She lives in Tokyo.