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- In Banana Yoshimoto
…producing the novels NP (1990; N.P.), Amurita (1994; Amrita), and Hādoboirudo/hādorakku (1999; Hardboiled & Hard Luck). The phenomenal appeal of Yoshimoto’s work was not always evident to English-language critics, some of whom—reading her work in translation and unfamiliar with Japanese culture—called her writing superficial and simplistic and her characters unbelievable.…
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