{"id":49653,"date":"2022-08-08T11:12:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=49653"},"modified":"2022-07-16T14:31:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T18:31:58","slug":"dead-end-memories-by-banana-yoshimoto-translated-by-asa-yoneda-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/dead-end-memories-by-banana-yoshimoto-translated-by-asa-yoneda-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead-End Memories by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Asa Yoneda [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49669\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/Dead-End-Memories-Banana-Yoshimoto-BookDragon-529x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/Dead-End-Memories-Banana-Yoshimoto-BookDragon-529x800.jpg 529w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/Dead-End-Memories-Banana-Yoshimoto-BookDragon.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><strong>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\nOnce upon a time, Banana Yoshimoto (born 1964) debuted as one of Japan\u2019s youngest literary phenoms. In the decades since, she continues to produce brilliantly relevant fiction, notable for an open, accessible simplicity that belies revelatory observations about life, love, happiness, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Her latest collection contains five short stories translated again by Asa Yoneda, who English-enabled Yoshimoto&#8217;s novel <em>Moshi\u00a0Moshi<\/em> (2016). Each tale\u00a0features women examining significant relationships, and each involves food-related settings \u2013 restaurants, cafeterias, a bar \u2013 seeming to suggest emotional needs transformed into something achingly physical.<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cHouse of Ghosts,\u201d spectral visitors cement the union between soul mates. A case of severe food poisoning in \u201cMama!\u201d causes the victim to analyze her connection to her fianc\u00e9 and her long-missing mother. In \u201cNot Warm at All,\u201d a writer recalls her long-ago first love, an \u201cangelic\u201d boy whose tragic fate seems to have prevented her from having close attachments.<\/p>\n<p>An office worker with a five-year crush finally on the verge of reciprocation unexpectedly draws parallels with a teenage assault and her father\u2019s desertion in \u201cTomo-chan\u2019s Happiness.\u201d In the titular \u201cDead-End Memories,\u201d a woman\u2019s discovery of her fianc\u00e9\u2019s infidelity leads to, well, moments of sheer joy.<\/p>\n<p>Bittersweet yet radiant, poignant yet promising, Yoshimoto once again showcases her dazzling appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Dead-End-Memories-\/pid=9761760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Fiction,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, July 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2003 (Japan), 2022 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*STARRED REVIEW Once upon a time, Banana Yoshimoto (born 1964) debuted as one of Japan\u2019s youngest literary phenoms. 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