The deeply moving new novel from the beloved, internationally bestselling author of Kitchen.

FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF KITCHEN ''Polished, concise, emotionally rewarding.'' DAILY MAIL ''Exquisite.'' MARIE CLAIRE ''A timely invitation to explore her unusual, alluring world.'' DAILY TELEGRAPH ''Casts a delicate spell.'' SPECTATOR ''Yoshimoto bucks beautifully against convention.'' THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKS REVIEW I had a premonition of setting out on a journey and getting lost inside a distant tide . . . It was the beginning of summer, and I was nineteen years old. Yayoi lives with her perfect, loving family - something ''like you''d see in a Spielberg movie''. But while her parents tell happy stories of her childhood, she is increasingly haunted by the sense that she''s forgotten something important about her past.

Vorwort
The deeply moving new novel from the beloved, internationally bestselling author of Kitchen.

Autorentext
Banana Yoshimoto is the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of many works of fiction, including Kitchen, Goodbye Tsugumi and The Premonition. Her work has been translated in over thirty countries. She lives in Tokyo.Asa Yoneda was born in Osaka and studied language, literature, and translation at University of Oxford and SOAS University of London. She now lives in Bristol, U.K. In addition to Yukiko Motoya, she has translated works by Banana Yoshimoto, Aoko Matsuda, and Natsuko Kuroda.

Zusammenfassung
The deeply moving new novel from the beloved, internationally bestselling author of Kitchen.