Amrita (Yoshimoto novel)

Amrita （アムリタ) is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな）in 1994 and translated into English in 1997 by Russell F. Wasden.

For the Gujarati language novel by Raghuveer Chaudhari, see Amrita (Gujarati novel).
Amrita
Amrita
AuthorBanana Yoshimoto
TranslatorRussell F. Wasden
PublisherGrove Press
Publication date
1994
Published in English
1997
Media typeHardcover
Pages366
ISBN0-8021-1590-X
OCLC36528204
895.6/35 21
LC ClassPL865.O7138 A4813 1994
Preceded byEnglish: Lizard (novel) 
Followed byEnglish: Asleep (novel) 

Plot synopsis

The main character, Sakumi, loses her beautiful younger sister, an actress, to suicide. Sakumi subsequently falls down a flight of stairs, losing her memory. She struggles to regain her memory with the assistance of her sister's lover and a clairvoyant kid brother.

Awards
  • 5th Murasaki-shikibu Prize – November, 1995[1]
  • Scanno (Italy) – June, 1993[1]
  • Fendissime (Italy) – March, 1996[1]
  • Maschera d' argento (Italy)– November, 1999[1]

Book information

Amrita (English edition) by Banana Yoshimoto

  • Hardcover - ISBN 0-8021-1590-X published by Grove Press, 1997
  • Paperback - ISBN 0-671-53285-5, published by Washington Square Press, 1998

References
  1. "Banana Yoshimoto - profile". Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2006-11-18.


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