Amrita | |
Translator: | Russell F. Wasden |
Author: | Banana Yoshimoto |
Publisher: | Grove Press |
Release Date: | 1994 |
English Release Date: | 1997 |
Media Type: | Hardcover |
Pages: | 366 |
Isbn: | 0-8021-1590-X |
Dewey: | 895.6/35 21 |
Congress: | PL865.O7138 A4813 1994 |
Oclc: | 36528204 |
Preceded By: | English: Lizard (novel) |
Followed By: | English: Asleep (novel) |
Amrita (アムリタ) is a novel written in 1994 by the Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな) and translated into English in 1997 by Russell F. Wasden.
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 younger brother.
Amrita (English edition) by Banana Yoshimoto