or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
42 used & new from £0.01
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
N.P.
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

N.P. (Paperback)

by Banana Yoshimoto (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Price: £6.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Only 2 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want guaranteed delivery by Wednesday, November 11? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
18 new from £0.70 24 used from £0.01

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Goodbye Tsugumi

Goodbye Tsugumi

by Banana Yoshimoto
4.8 out of 5 stars (5) 
Amrita

Amrita

by Banana Yoshimoto
4.0 out of 5 stars (8)  £4.92
Hardboiled / Hard Luck

Hardboiled / Hard Luck

by Banana Yoshimoto
4.0 out of 5 stars (2) 
Asleep

Asleep

by Banana Yoshimoto
3.8 out of 5 stars (5)  £4.49
Lizard

Lizard

by Banana Yoshimoto
4.0 out of 5 stars (3)  £5.49
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (23 Jul 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571173705
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571173709
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.6 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 628,755 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in this category:

    #15 in  Books > Fiction > Authors, A-Z > Y > Yoshimoto, Banana

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Product Description

Referring to a book of 97 stories called NP written by a depressed Japanese writer, Banana Yoshimoto tells the story of a narrator's involvement with his estranged wife and two children and of the effect the stories have had on everyone who has tried to translate them.

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

N.P.
49% buy the item featured on this page:
N.P. 4.5 out of 5 stars (2)
£6.99
Kitchen
17% buy
Kitchen 4.0 out of 5 stars (19)
£4.17
N.P.
13% buy
N.P. 4.0 out of 5 stars (1)
Amrita
11% buy
Amrita 4.0 out of 5 stars (8)
£4.92
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

2 Reviews
5 star:
 (1)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The saddest book I've ever read, 17 May 2003
This book is so sad that after I had put it away (because I could not bare it) a friend offered me to write a new end for it, so I could read that. I picked it up a week later and was so amazed by the end, that I wrote a letter to the author (never sent).
It is the story of the girlfriend of a writer of short stories who dies. She gets in contact with his two children who are about her age....
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
4.0 out of 5 stars Fragmented, yet whole, 15 Mar 2008
There's something so simple with Banana Yoshimoto's books, yet I feel that it'd be impossible to write the way she does. To tell a complete story and create a whole universe with such short scenes. You understand all the characters without having to go back to long winded accounts about their childhoods.

In this book. N.P. everything evolves around a collection of stories by a writer who committed suicide. He has left behind three children and the main character, or the narrator of the story, gets involved with all the three of these children. What makes it complicated is that the brother has a relationship with his stepsister - but they met without knowing they were related. This stepsister is one of these remarkable unpredictable characters who you can't help loving.

Sometimes it gets a little bit too dreamy and naive for my liking and I also seem to forget certain facts. The whole story is a bit like a scattered dream. Fragmented, but yet whole.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject








i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.