Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
A young woman studying in Tokyo suffers the great loss of her grandmother, her only living relative after having lost both of her parents as a young child.
Dealing with loss and feelings of isolation, unlikely relationships are formed and a new “family” is born.
Mikage Sakurai sleeps on the kitchen floor of her grandmother’s home and eventually does the same at the Tanabe’s. Eating and preparing food becomes a source of comfort as she slowly moves forward.
Yuichi Tanabe, a fellow student of Mikage’s is also motherless and lives with his father. His kindness towards Mikage’s grandmother propels this relationship and he invites her to move into his home. Quite reserved and private, he too is dealing with isolation and an impending loss.
Eriko Tanabe, Yuichi’s father has come out and owns and works in a trans nightclub. Love and empathy are evident in the Tanabe household. A senseless tragedy upends this new family forcing Mikage and Yuichi to deal with yet another loss.
Quotes:
Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends.
No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive. That is what makes the life I have now possible.
I would certainly love to meet Ms. Yoshimoto at the restaurant of her choosing, rather than my kitchen, where I confess, I don’t share her joy of cooking. I’d be curious to ask her more about her continuing theme of grief and loss.
My rating for Kitchen is an 8 out of 10.
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Source: https://vsudia.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/kitchen-by-banana-yoshimoto/
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