Amrita

Banana Yoshimoto
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A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconventional extended family that includes an older sister, a woman in her twenties through whose eyes the story unfolds; a young brother who possesses mystical powers; and a fiancé who is writing a novel with uncanny parallels to his own story.
Genres: FictionJapanJapanese LiteratureContemporaryMagical RealismAsiaAsian LiteratureNovelsLiteratureLiterary Fiction
366 Pages

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