by Banana Yoshimoto · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807701894
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«Il coperchio del mare» is the novel by Banana Yoshimoto, published by Feltrinelli in paperback (140 pages, in Italian).
After graduating, Mari returns to her hometown and sets up a granita stand. Her mother takes in Hajime, a young woman going through a rough patch after her grandmother's death, who barely eats or leaves the house. Despite the initial distance, between swims in the sea and long conversations, a friendship is born that will help both of them face the future with more confidence.
Translation by Alessandro Giovanni Gerevini. The work was originally published in 2004 as Umi no futa. It belongs to the I canguri collection.
For readers of contemporary Japanese fiction and intimate stories about friendship and grief.
Banana Yoshimoto is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto . From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana.
