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Moshi Moshi

Banana Yoshimoto,

Gala Maria Follaco (Translator)

Start date: March 4, 2017

Finish date: March 9, 2017

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Oct 13, 2021 Rincey rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5 stars.

I'm going to quote Jennopenny's review because she summed it up perfectly for me:

"There is something in this novel that I can't put my finger on. It kept me reading even though I can't really give a good synopsis of what happens. It's a very slow read in that way but it flows."

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Jan 07, 2023 Jennifer rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, translated, women-in-translation, owned

It took me a while to get into this one, for whatever reason, but once I did I was completely immersed. Like many of Yoshimoto’s novels, this is about rebuilding your life after a loss. About mourning, and grief, and all that changes about your life and what you thought it would be. This one in particular is about Yocchan, who is living with her mother after losing her father (and her mother losing her husband) to a murder-suicide with his mistress. So there is a lot going on! The loss of a pare ...more

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