sweet bean paste the international bestseller

The reader can expect a little humor, a few pithy life-hack sayings and generally has a pleasant time.About a third of the way through the story, it took a more somber turn. Something like the movie Today's Special. I found this a very interesting book as my perception of what type of story was being told morphed more than once as it progressed.When it opened, it seemed to be one of those stories where the superficial protagonist gets reluctantly mentored by someone who doesn't, at first glance, appear to be a sage.

Translated into English for the first time, Durian Sukegawa’s beautiful prose is capturing hearts all over the world. Sweet Bean Paste is a moving novel about the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape and Tokue’s dark secret is revealed, Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. I Love YouĪ charming tale of friendship, love and loneliness in contemporary Japan 'I'm in story heaven with this book.' Cecelia Ahern, author of P.S.

Sweet bean paste the international bestseller