Sisters in Yellow - Mieko Kawakami hides and wool

hides and wool

While they await their fate

he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives

Translator: Elizabeth Bryer

Modesta wants to discover the infinite richness of life and sets about destroying all social barriers that impede her quest for the fulfilment of her desires

Sisters in Yellow - Mieko Kawakami hides and woolHana has nothing but shes hopeful. Shes fifteen years old. She lives in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Tokyo with her young mother, a hostess at a local dive bar. They have no money, no security. Then Kimiko appears. Kimiko is older, a bright light in Hanas dark world. Together they set up Lemon, a bar that, despite its shabby setting and seedy clientele, becomes a haven for Hana. Suddenly Hana has a job she loves, friends to share her days with, and