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Old 05-04-2008, 06:57 AM
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Book Club: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

This is the next book we'll be reading for the KR Book Group/Club/Malarkey. Get hold of a copy and join in.

With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Kitchen is an enchantingly original book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Mikage, the heroine, is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, Mikage is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother (who is really his cross-dressing father) Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its own tragic losses, Yoshimoto spins a lovely, evocative tale with the kitchen and the comforts of home at its heart.In a whimsical style that recalls the early Marguerite Duras, "Kitchen" and its companion story, "Moonlight Shadow," are elegant tales whose seeming simplicity is the ruse of a very special writer whose voice echoes in the mind and the soul.

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awesome i've always wanted to read that

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iits fantastic, when more people have started reading it i'll tell you about an oral a guy in my class did for it.
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iits fantastic, when more people have started reading it i'll tell you about an oral a guy in my class did for it.
Ace - are you going to read it again with us?
It'd be nice to have you sort-f leading discussion, or stirring some up at least, given that you've worked on it. Super rad!
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Ace - are you going to read it again with us?
It'd be nice to have you sort-f leading discussion, or stirring some up at least, given that you've worked on it. Super rad!
i'd love to read it again, but i hired a library copy that was only for 7 days
plus i have so much other stuff to read.

i'm not a very good leader for discussion, but i'll try my best to keep it flowing! i have a lot of thoughts about this book.
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i'd love to read it again, but i hired a library copy that was only for 7 days
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well it is very short, 100 pages or something, and small pages too
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i'm not a very good leader for discussion, but i'll try my best to keep it flowing! i have a lot of thoughts about this book.
I don't want you to feel pressure about it or anything, but it's great that you have lots of thoughts, and I hope you do share them and that that'll spark people off.
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I'd like to join in but I'm not sure if its worth it. Like as I made a whole thread about and don't want to sound like a loser again but is it hard?
well it seems a pretty "easy" book so far, i'm only 20 pages in. and she is criticised sometimes for being lightweight. like i said it's very short

it actually has a paragraph beginning "ding dong. suddenly the doorbell rang"
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well it is very short, 100 pages or something, and small pages too
oh i did read it literally two weeks ago! i'm not being lazy!
my course requires me to read about two novels a week and also do all the essays for them at the moment. don't be mad??

and as far as readability goes god*is*7, it is simple and uses really nice crisp sort of language. i read it over 1 day, no problem.

are we also going to read the second part of the book? i never bothered with that.
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Old 05-04-2008, 09:33 PM
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this reminds me, and i'm sorry i'm off topic slightly, BUtt..... which cover do people like better? i've been having an internal debate about it for a while now. i think i like the modern one.
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woohoo cricket i am glad you made it back from the attic w/out reinjuring yourself!

i was at the bookstore today looking for it w. the red cover
but they only had the other one
i like the red one w. the japanese characters or whatever on it way better
i'm happy i finally have time to read books/join the book club
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i think i should join to. i need a reason to read (it's sad i know)
will order this book today at my local bookstore!
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