![]() ![]() “I read the book in my early 20s and it left me in a deep depression because of how raw and full it is,” film director Edmund Yeo said. The original story tingles with tragedy, otherworldliness and whimsy, as Satsuki and Hiiragi struggle against grief and death. ![]() Written in Yoshimoto’s lush, evocative prose, it tells the story of Satsuki, who lost her boyfriend and her boyfriend’s brother, Hiiragi, who also lost his girlfriend in the same accident and their encounter with the mysterious black-clad woman Urara. It’s a story more mysterious, emotional and surreal than the masterpiece that preceded it: that story is Moonlight Shadow. It’s a story too long to be a short story, but too short to be a novel or novella by most standards. Banana Yoshimoto’s Moonlight Shadow has been adapted for the screen, and the result is a work of art that manages to capture-and even expand upon-the ethereal beauty that defined the original famed novella.Īt the end of Yoshimoto’s all-time classic novel Kitchen, most editions have a surprisingly hefty extra tagged on. ![]()
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