N.P.

<b>N.P.</b> is the title of a last collection of short stories by a celebrated Japanese writer. Written in English while he was living in Boston the book may never see print in his native Japan: each time a new translator takes up the task death gets in the way.<br><br><b>N.P.</b> is an extraordinarily powerful story of passion and friendship the nature of love and the taboos surrounding it confirming Banana Yoshimoto's place as one of Japan's most important writers.<br><br>'The voice of young Japan.' <i>Independent on Sunday</i>