Amrita - 1st Edition/1st Printing

New York: Grove Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0571192793 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Translated from the Japanese by Russell F. Wasden; by YoshimotoAmrita is Yoshimoto’s retelling of the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. In Amrita, the gods and goddesses of India are reimagined as young, beautiful, and flawed people struggling with love, loss, and identity. Banana is Yoshimoto’s vibrant and humorous account of growing up in Japan during the postwar period. It is the story of a young girl’s coming of age, her relationships with friends, family, (truncated) and the Japanese culture she has grown up in.; 8vo . (Inventory #: 18315)