Goodbye, Tsugumi
| Title | Goodbye, Tsugumi
a novel |
|---|---|
| Original title | Tugumi [つぐみ] |
| Author | Banana Yoshimoto; translated from the Japanese by Michael Emmerich |
| Publication | Grove |
| Size | 186p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 9780802116383 |
| Topics |
Japanese fiction--Translated into English Japanese fiction--Love stories Awards--Shuguro Yamamoto Prize |
| Notes | An elegiac story of two young cousins coming of age at the Japanese seaside, Goodbye Tsugumi is an enchanting novel from one of Japans finest writers.Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled and occasionally cruel. Now Marias father is finally able to bring Maria and her mother to Tokyo, ushering Maria into a world of university, impending adulthood, and a normal family. When Tsugumi invites Maria to spend a last summer by the sea, a restful idyll becomes a time of dramatic growth as Tsugumi finds love, and Maria learns the true meaning of home and family. She also has to confront both Tsugumis inner strength and the real possibility of losing her. Goodbye Tsugumi is a beguiling, resonant novel from one of the worlds finest young writers. |
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