Amrita, a Sanskrit word that literally means “immortality,” is the name of Banana Yoshimoto’s strange 1994 novel. It’s an essentially plotless tale, but deeply affecting in its blend of ennui and hope.
Sakumi is 28 and lives in an unconventional household consisting of her mother, her half-brother and her mother’s friend.
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