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Amrita (novel)

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Translator
  
Russell F. Wasden

Published in English
  
1997

Pages
  
366

Originally published
  
1994

Publisher
  
Grove Press

Page count
  
366

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Publication date
  
1994

Media type
  
Hardcover

ISBN
  
0-8021-1590-X

Author
  
Banana Yoshimoto

Preceded by
  
Lizard

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Genres
  
Fiction, Children's literature

Similar
  
Works by Banana Yoshimoto, Fiction books

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

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

    • 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

    Amrita (novel) Wikipedia
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