Amrita
Banana Yoshimoto
366 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0571193749
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Language: English
Publish: 999500400000
AsiaAsian LiteratureContemporaryFictionJapanJapanese LiteratureLiterary FictionLiteratureMagical RealismNovels
A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconventional extended family that includes an older sister, a woman in her twenties through whose eyes the story unfolds; a young brother who possesses mystical powers; and a fiancé who is writing a novel with uncanny parallels to his own story.