Kitchen

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Yoshimoto, Banana	4-week checkout	Due 05-06-2024

Translation of: Kitchin.
First published in Japan in 1988.

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sweet and simple submitted by jamiemarie on July 12, 2011, 1:19pm Kitchen has for a long time been in my top ten of favorite books because of how touching it is without being sappy. The main character, Mikage, deals with the loss of her entire family by embracing her love of kitchens, food and the unlikely relationships she finds. I wouldn't really describe this as a foodie book or a romance, though it has elements of both. Banana Yoshimoto books (Kitchen in particular) are great for readers looking for something sweet and simple.

Beautifully Written, But... submitted by sdunav on June 18, 2013, 5:30pm This was not as good (plot-wise, the writing was beautiful and evocative) as I was expecting, given its literary/cult standing - but it was interesting, anyway. It's short stories about a couple of young women in Japan who have suffered loss and loneliness. Food plays an important role in the stories, but not an over the top one.

Nice submitted by Anthany on July 16, 2020, 1:21pm Kichen