The Premonition

FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF KITCHEN ''Polished, concise, emotionally rewarding.'' DAILY MAIL ''Exquisite.'' MARIE CLAIRE ''A timely invitation to explore her unusual, alluring world.'' DAILY TELEGRAPH ''Casts a delicate spell.'' SPECTATOR ''Yoshimoto bucks beautifully against convention.'' THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKS REVIEW I had a premonition of setting out on a journey and getting lost inside a distant tide . . . It was the beginning of summer, and I was nineteen years old. Yayoi lives with her perfect, loving family - something ''like you''d see in a Spielberg movie''. But while her parents tell happy stories of her childhood, she is increasingly haunted by the sense that she''s forgotten something important about her past.

Product details

• Authors: Banana Yoshimoto
• Assisted by: Asa Yoneda (Translation)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 27.02.2025
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780571382316
• ISBN: 978-0-571-38231-6
• Pages: 133
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.8 x 1 cm
• Subjects: Japan, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Sayaka Murata, Mieko Kawakami, Dreams and their interpretation, convenience store woman, Concerning my Daughter, Natsuko Imamura, The Woman in the Purple Skirt