N. P. A Novel

by Banana Yoshimoto

$20 · Offered by Good Books in the Woods

First edition

Hardcover, New York: Grove Press, 1994. First Edition. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. Translated from the Japanese by Ann Sherif. N. P. Is the title of the 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.

• Binding: Hardcover

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