Urn:oclc:55864229 Scandate 20111004114514 Scanner . NP (NP) is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto () in 1990 and translated into English in 1994 by Ann Sherif. OL2637598W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 87.26 Pages 212 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0802115454 R.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:10:10 Boxid IA138515 Boxid_2 CH106801 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor Extensively borrowing from melodrama and an aesthetics of photographic novels, Lisa Spilliart skillfully surfs between genres, offering us a surprisingly unique film endowed with such grace and where, so it seems, she has successfully, and discreetly, integrated much of her own self. Aside from a splendid, original soundtrack commissioned for the present occasion, featuring compositions of a famous American noise group, Wolf Eyes, and Japanese artist Asuna, in addition to a fabulous sound effects job and the discreet rustling of the world’s rumours, we see, as in the silent movies era, all of its dialogues written on the image. /rebates/2fN-P-Banana-Yoshimoto2fbook2f10886166&. book by Banana Yoshimoto Literature & Fiction Books > Contemporary Literature Books ISBN: 0671898264 ISBN13: 9780671898267 NP by Banana Yoshimoto See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.19 - 4.69 Paperback 4.29 - 14.77 Select Condition Like New 4.89 Very Good 4.79 Good 4.

No doubt one reason why she chooses to erase all live sound. To such a dense bouquet of motifs, Lisa Spilliaert, superbly rising up to the challenge of her first feature-length film, adds the arabesque of another « translation »: adapting a literary text to film. Not to mention the sophisticated twist which the relationship between Western and Asian cultures sketches out. We understand that what is at stake here sensibly points, with an added sense of the scandalous, to those dangerous liaisons at the heart of any and all translating endeavour. In eminently disturbing ways, it tells us about how incest finds its way, reaching the core of all plots, inviting characters to merge into one another in the most appalling ways. In eminently unsettling ways, it tells us about how every Japanese translator must die once she reaches the ninety-eighth short story. Riddles unfold around another eponymous text, a collection of short stories written in English, this time, by Sarao Takase, a mysterious Japanese author who emigrated to the United States. is the title of a Banana Yoshimoto novel published in 1990.

N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto