The Premonition
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The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto
The internationally beloved author of>Kitchen and>Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and heartfelt story of a young woman haunted by her childhood and the inescapable bitterness that inevitably comes from knowing the truth Yayoi, a 19-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino. No one understands her aunt's unusual lifestyle. For as long as Yayoi can remember, Yukino has lived alone in an old gloomy single-family home, quietly, almost as though asleep. When she is not working, Yukino spends all day in her pajamas, clipping her nails and trimming her split ends. She eats only when she feels like it, and she often falls asleep lying on her side in the hallway. She sometimes wakes Yayoi at 2:00 a.m to be her drinking companion, sometimes serves flan in a huge mixing bowl for dinner, and watches>Friday the 13th>over and over to comfort herself. A child study desk, old stuffed animals--things Yukino wants to forget--are piled up in her backyard like a graveyard of her memories. An instant bestseller in Japan when first published in 1988, The Premonition is finally available in English, translated by the celebrated Asa Yoneda.Daniel Kelly was born in Idaho. He studied painting with Mort Levin in San Francisco and woodblock printing from Tomikichiro Tokuriki in Kyoto. He has had numerous solo exhibitions in Japan and the U.S., and has also been represented in the biannual exhibition of prints at the Brooklyn Museum. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, continues to publish the popular children's book, Museum ABC, featuring his work among others from the museum collection.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781640093713 |
| ISBN 10 | 1640093710 |
| Title | The Premonition |
| Author | Banana Yoshimoto |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Counterpoint |
| Year published | 2023-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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