Kyoko (novel) explained

Kyoko
Author:Ryu Murakami
Title Orig:キョウコ
Orig Lang Code:ja
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese
Genre:Fiction
Publisher:Shueisha
Pub Date:1995
Media Type:Print
Pages:213
Isbn:4087740986
Oclc:34700067
Preceded By:Piercing (novel)

Kyoko is a 1995 novel by Ryu Murakami. The book tells the story of a young woman who comes to New York City to find the Cuban-American GI who taught her to dance salsa. She ends up traveling throughout the United States to help her friend, who is dying of AIDS, see his family one last time, although he doesn't even remember her.

In the year 2000, a film was made from the story of this book, under the title Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, written and directed by the author, Ryu Murakami.

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