![]() A Good Used Book is an Independent online bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage. di Banana Yoshimoto è il racconto n☁00 che Takase non aveva fatto in tempo a scrivere. np (1st WSP Printing) by Banana Yoshimoto, Washington Square Press, Trade. GenresFictionJapanJapanese LiteratureContemporaryAsiaAsian LiteratureNovels. Ed è soltanto quando tutti i destini si sono compiuti e il cerchio si chiude che il libro apparirà scritto fino in fondo: N.P. N.P.is an extraordinarily powerful tale about the nature of love and the taboos surrounding it, confirming Banana Yoshimoto's place as one of Japan’s most important writers. Dopo alterne vicende, Kazami scopre anche l'esistenza del racconto n☉9 in cui Takase rappresenta l'altra faccia della sua realtà, l'aspirazione verso la normalità e l'eterodossia. ![]() Kazami viene risucchiata completamente nel loro mondo, il mondo di 'N.P.', per tutta un'estate, che è il tempo reale in cui si svolge la storia. Kazami incontra i due gemelli e trova Otohiko coinvolto in una tormentata storia d'amore con Sui, che scoprirà essere non solo figlia illegittima dello scrittore suicida ma anche sua amante. ![]() Una giovane giapponese, Kazami, viene in possesso del novantottesimo racconto, inedito, alla cui traduzione stava lavorando il suo amante, Shooji, anche lui morto suicida, e che narra la storia di una passione erotica tra padre e figlia. Pubblicato con solo 97 dei 100 racconti previsti, il libro diventa un bestseller negli Stati Uniti. ![]() (che sta per 'North Point', il titolo di una vecchia canzone). ![]() Sarao Takase, scrittore giapponese che ha vissuto a lungo in America, muore suicida lasciando due figli gemelli, il maschio Otohiko e la femmina Saki, e il manoscritto di un libro incompiuto dal titolo N.P. ![]()
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