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product_id: 72092898
title: "Kitchen Paperback – 17 April 2006"
brand: "banana yoshimotomegan backus"
price: "$58.60"
currency: USD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 8
url: https://www.desertcart.ec/products/72092898-kitchen-paperback-17-april-2006
store_origin: EC
region: Ecuador
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# Kitchen Paperback – 17 April 2006

**Brand:** banana yoshimotomegan backus
**Price:** $58.60
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Kitchen Paperback – 17 April 2006 by banana yoshimotomegan backus
- **How much does it cost?** $58.60 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A great little story about loss, mourning, tragedy and love.
  

*by P***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 June 2023*

This book was a very good read. It includes the story of Kitchen and another, shorter story called Moonlight Shadow that deals with similar themes of loss and bereavement, and the power of human connection to help pull through difficult times.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An Unusual, Off-Beat Story
  

*by S***B on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2013*

Mikage, the heroine of Banana Yoshimoto's novella 'Kitchen' is an orphan who, since the death of her parents, has been cared for by her grandmother, who lives in a large apartment with a very comfortable and comforting kitchen. When her grandmother sadly dies, Mikage finds solace by taking her bed into the kitchen and sleeping next to the old refrigerator with its reassuring hum. Mikage knows she can't continue to spend her days and nights ensconced in the comfort of her grandmother's kitchen, but she can't seem to find the energy to move her life forward; therefore when an acquaintance of hers, a young man named Yuichi  Tanabe, offers her a home with him and his very glamorous mother, Eriko, in their well-appointed apartment, Mikage finds herself agreeing - and when she arrives at the Tanabes' home and falls immediately in love with their kitchen, she knows she has come to the right place.As Mikage gets to know Yuichi better, she realises he is a more interesting and unusual young man than she first thought, but Yuichi's mother (who, before her sex change, was his father) is an even more unusual individual.  However both Yuichi and Eriko make Mikage feel welcomed and wanted, and slowly, as she spends more time with the Tanabes, Mikage begins to cope with the loss of her beloved grandmother. But then something happens to Eriko that changes the dynamics of Mikage and Yuichi's relationship - however is this a change for the better or worse for our two protagonists?First-person narrated by Mikage, this is an unusual and off-beat story, written in a charming, idiosyncratic style which, in places, has passages which seem almost dreamlike. One to read and enjoy in one sitting (this is more novella than novel) and then possibly to put back on the bookshelf to experience again when you feel the need for something a little different.4 Stars.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Really happy but the back was ripped a bit
  

*by C***L on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 October 2022*

Everything was fine but the back was ripped were it says ‘Chicago Tribune’ but a part from that everything looks fine

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- Kitchen
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- Breasts and Eggs: A Novel

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*Last updated: 2026-02-20*