Goodbye Tsugumi
 

Goodbye Tsugumi

by Banana Yoshimoto

Banana Yoshimoto's novels of young life in Japan have made her an international sensation. Goodbye Tsugumi is an offbeat story of a deep and complicated friendship between two female cousins that ranks among her best work. Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled, and... (read more)

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Laila
  • Rated 4 stars

Goodbye Tsugumi is the story of young Maria, who returns to the coastal village she grew up in one last time before her relatives want to sell their Inn and movie away as well. She and her two cousins Yoko and Tsugumi (Yoko gentle, graceful, kind and helpful - Tsugumi sickly, brattish, crude and cruel at times) meet a young man, Kyoichi, who changes their dynamics a little - especially for Tsugumi and who's company changes their summer.
Its really very much a growing-up, coming of age...

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encyclosophia
  • Rated 1 stars

poor translation -- especially the dialogue, which is crucial to creating the enigmatic character of the title. i'm only about 50 pages in, but it's been painful to read, and i've decided to pass it on. this isn't worth the time.

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  • Rated 4.125 stars
 

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