Amrita (novel)

Amrita  

Amrita
Author(s) Banana Yoshimoto
Translator Russell F. Wasden
Publisher Grove Press
Publication date 1994
Published in
English
1997
Media type Hardcover
Pages 366
ISBN ISBN 0-8021-1590-X
OCLC Number 36528204
Dewey Decimal 895.6/35 21
LC Classification 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.

Contents

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

Book information

Amrita (English edition) by Banana Yoshimoto

References

  1. ^ a b c d Banana Yoshimoto - profile