![]() ![]() When Yuichi asks Mikage “Pick a room, then I’ll know what kind of person you are”, the latter chooses Kitchen. “But if a person hasn’t ever experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life never understanding what joy really is”. It’s presented as both a myth and a fact, left with the reader to decide which aspect they would want to go with. On the surface, the stories seem as unrealistic as any of the novels by Haruki Murakami (another important Japanese writer) but throughout the reading experience, one does not feel the divide between the real and the unreal. The story of Mikage Sakurai, Eriko, and Yuichi entangles with the story of Satsuki, Hitoshi, and Hiiragi, two narratives that collectively navigate the world through love, loss, despair, willingness to live and the very lack of it. ![]() Revolving around loss, both Kitchen and Moonlight Shadow depict the paradoxes of life. Of the western fiction and her identity as a native to narrate a tale that willĬonnect with any and every person, facing the woes and hues of life. Notable name in Japan Modern Literature, Yoshimoto brings together influences Narrative turns out to be a perfect addition when one finishes the text. ![]() Titled “Moonlight Shadow” and what seems like a break in the flow of the “Kitchen”, a novel written in 1988 by Banana Yoshimoto accompanies a novella ![]()
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