Dead-End Memories : Stories by Banana Yoshimoto muslim gift is chosen to marry Nino

is chosen to marry Nino Falcone to prevent war with the Camorra

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wordsworth Editions Ltd (5 January 2010)

and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution

enclosing a seemingly innocent photograph of sheep

Calla must decide what she's playing for - her lover or her kingdom

Dead-End Memories : Stories by Banana Yoshimoto muslim gift is chosen to marry NinoKitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan's brightest young literary star and is now a cult film. When Kitchen was first published in Japan in 1987 it won two of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes, climbed its way to the top of the bestseller lists, then remained there for over a year and sold millions of copies.