Sweet bean paste
'Sweet Bean Paste' is a sensuous novel, delicately seasoned with mouth-watering culinary magic, to be savoured slowly. A poignant, poetic fable on the power of friendship, infused with the genius of simplicity, it will warm even the melancholiest of hearts. And through his beautiful prose, Durian Su...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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ONEWorld Publications,
2017.
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| Summary: | 'Sweet Bean Paste' is a sensuous novel, delicately seasoned with mouth-watering culinary magic, to be savoured slowly. A poignant, poetic fable on the power of friendship, infused with the genius of simplicity, it will warm even the melancholiest of hearts. And through his beautiful prose, Durian Sukegawa teaches us that no existence is devoid of meaning, and that even the humblest of beings has a valuable contribution to make to the world in which we live.'--back cover. "Originally published in Japanese as An"--Title page verso. |
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| Physical Description: | 216 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781786071958 1786071959 |
| Author Notes: | Durian Sukegawa studied oriental philosophy at Waseda University, before going on to work as a reporter in Berlin and Cambodia in the early 1990s. He has written a number of books and essays, TV programmes and films. He lives in Tokyo. Alison Watts is a freelance translator, translating literature from Japanese into English. She lives in Ibaraki, Japan. |
