Amrita (novel)

Amrita
Amrita
Author Banana Yoshimoto
Translator Russell F. Wasden
Publisher Grove Press
Publication date
 1994
Published in English
 1997
Media type Hardcover
Pages 366
ISBN 0-8021-1590-X
OCLC 36528204
895.6/35 21
LC Class PL865.O7138 A4813 1994
Preceded by English: Lizard (novel)
Followed by English: Asleep (novel)

Amrita （アムリタ) is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな）in 1994 and translated into English in 1997 by Russell F. Wasden.

Plot synopsis

The main character, Sakumi, loses her beautiful younger sister, an actress, to suicide. Sakumi subsequently falls down a flight of stairs, losing her memory. She struggles to regain her memory with the assistance of her sister's lover and a clairvoyant kid brother.

Awards

  • 5th Murasaki-shikibu Prize – November, 1995[1]
  • Scanno (Italy) – June, 1993[1]
  • Fendissime (Italy) – March, 1996[1]
  • Maschera d' argento (Italy)– November, 1999[1]

Book information

Amrita (English edition) by Banana Yoshimoto

  • Hardcover - ISBN 0-8021-1590-X published by Grove Press, 1997
  • Paperback - ISBN 0-671-53285-5, published by Washington Square Press, 1998

References


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