{"product_id":"mittens-and-pity-isbn-9781640096516","title":"Mittens and Pity","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Tanizaki Prize in 2022, her latest short story collection from 2021,\u003ci\u003e Mittens and Pity\u003c\/i\u003e is what Yoshimoto calls the greatest achievement of her writing life since \u003ci\u003eDead-End Memories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet between Kanazawa, Helsinki, Taipei, Rome, Hong Kong, and Hachijo-jima, the six stories collected here depict people who are struggling with recent loss and coming to terms with the truth of living with the memory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the title story, a couple takes a honeymoon to Helsinki after both mothers, who had been against their marriage, passed away. In “Sinsin and the Mouse,” a daughter who has dedicated her young adult life to caring for her sick mother, travels to Taipei after her mother’s death, slowly adjusting to her new freedom and loneliness. In “Caronte,” seeking closure from the accidental death of her best friend, a woman follows the last footstep of her best friend in Rome and encounters the person who has been holding her friend’s final message.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstead of fighting with their pain, women in \u003ci\u003eMittens and Pity\u003c\/i\u003e observe their emotions and find a tiny sparkle in the moment. Yoshimoto has been writing about loss since her debut and this collection showcases what Yoshimoto has been trying to achieve in the last thirty years. \u003ci\u003eMittens and Pity\u003c\/i\u003e is wise, compassionate, and hopeful. Yes, as always, food heals the human soul in this collection. Yes, this is the best Banana Yoshimoto literature.\u003cb\u003eBANANA YOSHIMOTO\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eKitchen\u003c\/i\u003e. She has published eleven books in English translation, including \u003ci\u003eMoshi Moshi \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDead-End Memories\u003c\/i\u003e. She was born in Tokyo in 1964 and graduated from Nihon University College of Art, where she majored in literature. She debuted as a writer in 1987 with Kitchen, a novella that won her the Kaien Newcomer Writers Prize. In 1988, \u003ci\u003eMoonlight Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, her thesis story, was awarded the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature. Then in 1989, she received two accolades: the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists for\u003ci\u003e Kitchen \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Utakata\/Sanctuary\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize for \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Tsugumi\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1995, she won the Murasaki Shikibu Prize for \u003ci\u003eAmrita\u003c\/i\u003e, a full-length novel. And in 2000, \u003ci\u003eFurin to Nambei\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of stories set in South America, received the Bunkamura Deux Magots Literary Prize. Most recently in 2022, she won the Tanizaki Prize for \u003ci\u003eMittens and Pity\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been translated and published in more than thirty countries, and she has won several awards outside of Japan. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASA YONEDA\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of\u003ci\u003e Dead-End Memories \u003c\/i\u003eand \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.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304736903397,"sku":"NP9781640096516","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781640096516.jpg?v=1767732836","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mittens-and-pity-isbn-9781640096516","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}