BookReview – Women in Translation Month – Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto

I have wanted to read a Banana Yoshimoto book for a long time since one of my friends recommended it. I got 'Moshi Moshi' as a present from one of my friends and I decided to read it this week. This is my second book for WIT Month. In 'Moshi Moshi', the narrator Yoshie starts…

Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto

BookReview – Women in Translation Month – Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata; Ginny Tapley Takemori, Paperback

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata; Ginny Tapley Takemori, Paperback

Moshi Moshi - By Banana Yoshimoto (paperback) : Target

Reviews – Asymptote Blog

The English-language debut of one of Japan’s most talented contemporary writers, selling over 650,000 copies there, Convenience Store Woman is the heartwarming and surprising story of thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident Keiko Furukura. Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in school, but when at the age of eighteen she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of “Smile Mart,” she finds peace and purpose in her life.

Convenience Store Woman [Book]

Clarice Lispector – Writer(s) – Asymptote Blog

In Moshi-Moshi, Yoshie's much-loved musician father has died in a suicide pact with an unknown woman. It is only when Yoshie and her mother move to Shimo-kitazawa, a traditional Tokyo neighborhood of narrow streets, quirky shops, and friendly residents that they can finally start to put their painful past behind them.

Moshi Moshi: A Novel [Book]

Day 14: Moshi Moshi Global Literature in Libraries Initiative