From the beloved, bestselling author of Kitchen, comes a deeply haunting, heartwarming exploration of loneliness and painful memories set in Japan.

'Polished, concise, emotionally rewarding.' Daily Mail
'Reading Banana Yoshimoto is like taking a bracing, cleansing bath.' LING MA
'Gorgeous . . . an invitation to explore [Yoshimoto's] unusual, alluring world.' The Telegraph

I had a premonition of setting out on a journey and getting lost inside a distant tide ... It was the beginning of summer, and I was nineteen years old.

Yayoi lives with her perfect, loving family - something 'like you'd see in a Spielberg movie'. But while her parents tell happy stories of her childhood, she is increasingly haunted by the sense that she's forgotten something important about her past.

Deciding to take a break, she stays with her eccentric but beloved aunt Yukino. Living a life without order, Yukino seems to be protecting herself, but beneath this facade Yayoi starts to recover lost memories, and everything she knows about her past threatens to change forever.

'A sure and lyrical writer . . . Yoshimoto transforms the trite into the essential.' The New Yorker
'Yoshimoto's novels are like jewel boxes.' Vanity Fair

The deeply moving new novel from the beloved, internationally bestselling author of Kitchen.

About the Author
THE PREMONITION was first published in 1988 in Japan, the year Banana Yoshimoto made her debut. That year she published four novels and all became bestsellers in Japan including (and most famously) the international bestseller KITCHEN. She has published ten books in English translation, including GOODBYE TSUGUMI, ASLEEP, MOSHI MOSHI, and, most recently, DEAD-END MEMORIES. Her work has been translated and published in more than thirty countries. In Italy, she won the Scanno Literary Prize in 1993, the Fendissime Literary Prize in 1996, the Maschera d'Argento Prize in 1999, and the Capri Award in 2011. She lives in Tokyo.

Reviews
'Yoshimoto's novels are like jewel boxes.' - Vanity Fair
'One of our greatest writers ... in her delivery Yoshimoto is a master.' - BRYAN WASHINGTON





Book Information
ISBN 9780571382309
Author Banana Yoshimoto
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 157g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 10mm