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| Asleep / Banana Yoshimito : 5 of 5 | |
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3.23.2003
11:49 PM | Link |
 My pal Barron ordered this book for my birthday from my Amazon Wish List - what a nice surprise! I discovered Banana Yoshimoto a long time ago and read everything I could find by her, long before I was really interested in Japanese culture. Her style of writing is incredible (at least in translation) - full of amazing detail, and yet really obscure at the same time, like a huge watercolor wash with one detailed figure in the foreground (and that's kind of like a metaphor she would use!). Asleep is a collection of three stories, all involving themes of night, dreams, and the line between imagination and reality. Each one is told in first person by a female character, whom you immediately feel close to after the first few paragraphs. The tone of the book is darker than Amrita, but ends on such a fantastic note that you feel completely refreshed - just like after a good night's sleep.Labels: books |
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