Banana the Writer.

Japan is one of the countries in my "To Visit" list, especially in the "Sakura Sakura" (Cherry blossoms, Cherry blossoms) season. I am in love with this time in Japan. As a person living in the country located in Europe but with Eastern traditions, Japanese people always seemed to me somehow cold till their movies or my fav cartoon Sailor Moon. But in all the books that I read by Japanese authors there are some kind of coolness that I cannot even express. I see the story line, characters, places - all in pale colors as I imagine them through pages. After reading Murakami's Norwegian Wood I watched movie and had the same feeling.

Recently I finished Banana Yoshimoto's novel Kitchen. One of my friends recommended it and I loved it from the first pages. But still all in pale colors.