Amrita
AmritaBanana Yoshimoto

Amrita (1994)

Banana Yoshimoto

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A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconventional extended family that includes an older sister, a woman in her twenties through whose eyes the story unfolds; a young brother who possesses mystical powers; and a fiancé who is writing a novel with uncanny parallels to his own story.

ISBN:
9780571192793
Length:
375 pages

Genres: mystery

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I really like both banana oto's novels and her short fiction there's a lot of things I really like about banana Yos Moto's books and one of them is just her writing style and the sort of like mix of everyday life and philosophical stuff that like gets into her books

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