Amrita (アムリタ) is a novel written in 1994 by the Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな) and translated into English in 1997 by Russell F. Wasden.
Plot synopsis The main character, Sakumi, loses her beautiful younger sister, an actress, to suicide. Sakumi subsequently falls down a flight of stairs, losing her memory. She struggles to regain her memory with the assistance of her sister's lover and a clairvoyant younger brother.
Awards 5th Murasaki Shikibu Prize – November 1995 Scanno (Italy) – June 1993 Fendissime (Italy) – March 1996 Maschera d'Argento (Italy)– November 1999
Publishing information Amrita (English edition) by Banana Yoshimoto Hardcover - published by Grove Press, 1997 Paperback - , published by Washington Square Press, 1998
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