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, After the owner of a store cleared Sentaro’s debts for him, our main character continues to work in the store of Doraharu even after the store owner died. What the book is about Sweet Bean Paste’s protagonist is a man named Sentaro. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. A Japanese-translated novel, Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa hits all the right places. See search resultsfor this author Durian Sukegawa(Author) 4.4 out of 5 stars2,120 ratings 4. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. Sweet Bean Paste Audio CD Unabridged, Jby Durian Sukegawa (Author) Visit Amazon's Durian Sukegawa Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. 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.
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