Banana Yoshimoto

A powerful story of passion and friendship, the nature of love and the taboos surrounding it. N.P. is the last collection of stories by a celebrated Japanese writer, written in English while she was living in Boston.

N.P.

N.P: Kazami, una joven estudiosa de literatura, investiga el misterio que rodea al libro de cuentos, titulado N.P, del escritor Sarao Takase. Poco a poco el lector va sintiendo la fascinación letal que ejerce la obra sobre quienes se acercan a estudiarla, en especial sobre sus traductores, uno de los cuales se quitó la vida después de traducir el relato número noventa y ocho. En cuanto Kazami conoce en una fiesta a los hijos del escritor, detecta inmediatamente una estela de locura en los ojos de esos hermanos tiernamente incestuosos. Así es como ella se verá envuelta en un inextricable laberinto del que nacerá un amor salvaje y desenfrenado

Ken Yuen

** spoiler alert **
           Is it weird that I was rooting for the brother and sister to be happy in a relationship together?

I honestly feel like the main character is a bit of a cipher for the reader. We're all voyeurs to this crazy family and their drama. And it's pretty great because it's nonjudgmental and relatively accepting, but it's also sad because of it ends up not working out. I don't know how to feel about Sui's ultimate fate or if it really is best for her, her baby, and Otohiko.

For the relationship, I can overlook the societal taboos, but it seems unfair to introduce a baby that's a product of incest to the equation. But everyone has to find their own happiness. I'm glad no one committed suicide, and sometimes I'm annoyed by the Japanese glorification of suicide. But the idea of Sui going off on her own and never seeing Otohiko again is pretty heartbreaking.

Annelie Ortmanns-Suzuki

Roman

Sabine Delorme

Kazami, die Erzählerin, arbeitet wie ihre Mutter als Übersetzerin. Ein paar Jahre nach dem Selbstmord ihres Freundes, der ebenfalls als Übersetzer tätig war, trifft sie die Kinder des Autors der Kurzgeschichten-Sammlung NP (benannt nach einem alten Song “North Point). NP scheint verflucht zu sein. Der Autor selbst, Sarao Takase, hat Selbstmord begangen, ebenso drei der Übersetzer, die versuchten das Werk ins Japanische zu übersetzen. Takases Kinder sind ziemlich besessen von den Geschichten.
Hier findet ihr die komplette Review: http://bingereader.org/2014/10/14/n-p...

N. P.

Chiara Malaspina di Orezzoli

‹Tutti inclusi voi e io, abbiamo intorno a noi "persone con problemi". Persone che camminano portando con sé qualcosa con cui è difficile vivere, che si tratti di un talento speciale o di un handicap. Ma poiché siamo tutti portati a dimenticarci facilmente che qualunque persona in questo mondo ha il diritto di vivere come crede e dove le pare senza dover avere paura di nessuno, ho voluto riaffermare questo diritto con tutte le mie forze, qui e adesso, in questo libro›

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Eugenia Andino

Me resulta difícil poner puntuación a este libro. La historia es terrible, el lenguaje muy original. Más allá no puedo opinar. Probaré con algún otro libro de la autora.

Harriet Langan

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Kimberly Gajitos

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"Yoshimoto hits some of the same notes that a previous generation's literary masters (say, Kawabata or Tanizaki) might sound, and yet the effect seems artless, spontaneous and wonderfully fresh." --Los Angeles Times Book Review Banana Yoshimoto's warm, witty, and heartfelt depictions of the lives of young Japanese have earned her international acclaim and best-seller status, as well as a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature. InN.P., a celebrated Japanese writer has committed suicide, leaving behind a collection of stories written in English, entitledN.P. But the book may never be published in his native Japan: each translator who takes up the ninety-eighth story chooses death too--including Kazami's boyfriend, Shoji. Haunted by Shoji's death, Kazami discovers the truth behind the ninety-eighth story--and comes to believe that "everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy." Banana Yoshimoto's language sweeps the reader immediately into the streets of Tokyo, with her uncanny ability to merge the echoes of Japanese traditional literature with a contemporary plot.N.P. is essential reading, a stunningly simple tale of youthful desires and obsessions.

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