Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto

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After losing her beautiful younger sister, a celebrated actress, to suicide, Sakumi falls down a flight of stairs and loses her memory to a head injury. Struggling to remember whom she loves and what she lost, she embarks on a unique emotional journey, accompanied at times by her dead... read more

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Sakumi: The main character. The book is written in her perspective. She has lost her memory after taking a spill and receiving a head injury.
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Ryuichiro: A novelist.

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I met Ryuichiro once on a night sometime in spring.

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Banana Yoshimoto (Author)

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Original Language: Japanese
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Country: England
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0571192793
Page Count: 356

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Dewey: 895.635

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Reading Level: Young Adults

Strong psychological themes, suggestive themes, mature writing. I think someone 16 or older would be fine with this book.

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