{"product_id":"goodbye-tsugumi-by-banana-yoshimoto","title":"'Goodbye Tsugumi' by Banana Yoshimoto","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"38\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA tender, quietly luminous story about friendship, illness and the intimacy of growing up alongside someone you may soon lose. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"38\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eNarrated by Maria, who returns to the seaside town of her childhood, the novel centres on her cousin Tsugumi — fragile in body, impossible in temperament, cruel one moment and fiercely loving the next.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"992\"\u003eYoshimoto has an extraordinary ability to make the ordinary shimmer. Summer afternoons, family meals, bicycles, old inns and conversations by the sea accumulate into something gently profound, exploring memory not as nostalgia but as a way of understanding how people continue to inhabit us long after places and seasons disappear. Michael Emmerich's translation preserves Yoshimoto's characteristic clarity and emotional precision, making this one of the essential works of contemporary Japanese fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"994\" data-end=\"1192\"\u003eFor readers drawn to Yōko Ogawa, Hiromi Kawakami or Mieko Kawakami, \u003cem data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1079\"\u003eGoodbye Tsugumi\u003c\/em\u003e offers a quieter but equally affecting meditation on family, impermanence and the emotional landscapes of youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1313\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEarly Faber \u0026amp; Faber paperback edition, 2003. Translated from the Japanese by Michael Emmerich. Near fine condition. Clean throughout with light shelf wear to the wraps and a tight, square binding.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45812821000275,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-12T162114.522.png?v=1783908718","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/goodbye-tsugumi-by-banana-yoshimoto","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}