{"product_id":"the-premonition-hardcover","title":"The Premonition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBanana Yoshimoto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAsa Yoneda\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe internationally beloved author of \u003ci\u003eKitchen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDead-End Memories\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a beautiful and heartfelt story of a young woman haunted by her childhood and the inescapable bitterness that inevitably comes from knowing the truth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYayoi, a 19-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one understands her aunt's unusual lifestyle. For as long as Yayoi can remember, Yukino has lived alone in an old gloomy single-family home, quietly, almost as though asleep. When she is not working, Yukino spends all day in her pajamas, clipping her nails and trimming her split ends. She eats only when she feels like it, and she often falls asleep lying on her side in the hallway. She sometimes wakes Yayoi at 2:00 a.m to be her drinking companion, sometimes serves flan in a huge mixing bowl for dinner, and watches \u003ci\u003eFriday the 13th \u003c\/i\u003eover and over to comfort herself. A child study desk, old stuffed animals--things Yukino wants to forget--are piled up in her backyard like a graveyard of her memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn instant bestseller in Japan when first published in 1988, \u003ci\u003eThe Premonition\u003c\/i\u003e is finally available in English, translated by the celebrated Asa Yoneda.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBANANA YOSHIMOTO\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the international bestseller Kitchen. She has published ten books in English translation, including \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Tsugumi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Moshi Moshi\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently, \u003ci\u003eDead-End Memories\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been translated and published in more than thirty countries. In Italy, she won the Scanno Literary Prize in 1993, the Fendissime Literary Prize in 1996, the Maschera d'Argento Prize in 1999, and the Capri Award in 2011. She lives in Tokyo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eASA YONEDA\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of Banana Yoshimoto's \u003ci\u003eDead-End Memories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMoshi Moshi\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eIdol, Burning\u003c\/i\u003e by Rin Usami and \u003ci\u003eThe Lonesome Bodybuilder\u003c\/i\u003e by Yukiko Motoya.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695706148927,"sku":"9781640093713","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/035e7e0e168f6c01cf6a6a7ba833ed7b.webp?v=1765004768","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-premonition-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}