![]() ![]() Months later, Mikage leaves the house and starts working as an assistant to a culinary researcher. The time spent with Yuichi and Eriko helps Mikage cope with her grief. Eriko is the biological father of Yuichi, who becomes his “mother” after Yuichi’s biological mother passes away from cancer. When she was in deep sorrow, the kitchen was the only place to relieve her loneliness and sleep.Ī young man, Yuichi, who works in a flower shop, where Mikage’s grandmother regularly went, suggests that Mikage lives together with him and his mother, Eriko. Her grandfather passed away when she was in junior high school, and so did her grandmother years later. “Kitchen” describes the process of struggle and despair for those who have lost their loved ones (Image: .jp)Ī young woman, Mikage, was orphaned and raised by her grandparents. I surprisingly have different thoughts to when I first read it. ![]() I have reread her debut novel and masterpiece, “Kitchen” for the first time in a while. Her books are published in over 30 countries. Banana Yoshimoto is one of the most famous Japanese female authors in the world. ![]()
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