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[Nicholas Andersen No.1406051]

'Kitchen' by Yoshimoto Banana

Has anyone read it? I feel like it's extremely underrated. It may be too melodramatic for some, but it really moved me.

[xtrayb No.1406069]

Why does a novel called 'Kitchen' have to have a women on the cover? It's this whole pre-60's sexism that I can't stand.

[Anonymous No.1406104]

>Yoshitomo Banana
>good

Gotta pick one, bro.

[Anonymous No.1406139]

You posted this before, and deleted it before I could insult you.
Cunt.

[xtrayb No.1406144]

>>1406069
me too man, me too.

[Anonymous No.1406158]

Hold the fuck up.


His name is Banana?

[xtrayb No.1406167]

>>1406158

LOL I didn't notice that myself. Sweet.

[Anonymous No.1406177]

>>1406158
Her first name apparently is Banana, her family name is Yoshimoto. Japanese always put the family name first.

[Anonymous No.1406181]

>>1406158

Her.

And it's a pen name, according to Wikipedia.

[Anonymous No.1406208]

A poor man's Murakami, and I'm not just saying that because she's Japanese.

[Anonymous No.1406219]

Hmmm. Don't think this is me.
Bitch shoulda stayed there.

[Anonymous No.1406384]

I love banana yoshimoto's books. I think /lit/ is too hard on her. "Goodbye Tsugumi" was my favorite book of hers.

[Nicholas Andersen No.1407798]

this is my 2nd day on /lit/. I absolutely love literature but have to say these are some of the dumbest comments i've ever read online. Wow. Do y'all not know how to read wikipedia?

[Anonymous No.1407821]

She has a very intriguing atmosphere to her writing style. I liked her short story collection Lizard best.

[Anonymous No.1407822]

>>1407798
/lit/ is both racist and sexist, and you posted a non-English and female writer. So, shitstorm is to be expected.

I personally like it alright. In my copy there's another story at the end called Moonlight Shadow that I actually enjoyed more than the main story. I also own Asleep and Goodbye Tsugumi, but I've yet to read those two. I like her style well enough though, I just have to be in that certain mood for it.

[Anonymous No.1407828]

>>1406069
It's written by a woman, and it was written after the 60's. The American cover does suck though.

[Anonymous No.1407839]

required reading for me during 10th grade english, in 2000

[Anonymous No.1407859]

Femanon here. Kitchen is one of those books I keep meaning to get back to.

[Anonymous No.1407874]

>>1407859
There is really no reason to announce that you're female.

[Anonymous No.1407879]

>>1407874

There is, every male anon faps whenever an femanon's gender is disclosed.

[Anonymous No.1407884]

>>1407879
I'm sorry you think that.

[Anonymous No.1407908]

>>1407874
I think you missed the joke.

[Anonymous No.1407943]

>>1407859