Hello Shimokitazawa

もしもしShimokitazawa

A Gift from Banana Yoshimoto
A love story that is ubiquitous yet exclusive to one person, one city.
Shimokitazawa warmly embraces an unburiable sense of loss and loneliness...
■ Illustrated with 42 pages of drawings by renowned Japanese illustrator Mai Ohno
■ Comes with a tracing paper bookmark
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I had always lived with my father, when suddenly my family life took a dramatic turn. My father and a stranger committed a love-suicide. Left alone in the world, I reshuffled my life and started over. I rented a house in Shimokitazawa and began working at a small bar nearby. But just as I was finally getting my life back on track, my mother suddenly moved into my house, and we began a strange cohabitation.
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Banana Yoshimoto is a storytelling master. Her writing is simple, sincere, and full of healing magic. It grabs the reader's heart and refuses to let go.
— The New York Times

2023-02-01

上海译文出版社

387

9787532791583