N.P. / by Banana Yoshimoto ; translated from the Japanese by Ann Sherif

Yoshimoto, Banana
N.P. / by Banana Yoshimoto ; translated from the Japanese by Ann Sherif [A]. -- London : Faber and Faber, 1994

A fictional last collection of short stories by a celebrated Japanese writer, written in English while he was living in Boston, may never see print in his native Japan: each time a new translator takes up the task, death gets in the way. Four young people, each intimately bound to this writer and his work, are brought together by the book and its unsettling legacy of secrets of suicides. But with the help of the healing message contained in the final story they are able to defy the devastating pull of pain and loss.
ISBN: 0571173713

1. JAPANESE LITERATURE; 2. NOVELS; 3. JAPAN -- FICTION I. Sherif, Ann

(1) Inv.: S12013 S.T.: NOVELS YOS