// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Hardboiled say to Hard Luck? Egg-hausted from all the cracks.
 First edition (Japanese) | |
| Author | Banana Yoshimoto |
|---|---|
| Translator | Michael Emmerich |
| Language | Japanese |
| Publisher | Grove Press |
| Publication date | 1999 |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 160 pp |
| ISBN | 0-8021-1799-6 |
| OCLC | 57432320 |
| Dewey Decimal | 895.6/35 22 |
| LC Class | PL865.O7138 H3313 2005 |
| Preceded by | English: Goodbye Tsugumi (novel) |
Hardboiled & Hard Luck (ハードボイルド／ハードラック Alt: Hādoboirudo. English) is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto in 1999 and translated into English in 2005 by Michael Emmerich.
Plot summary
[edit]This book consists of two separate stories, making up the two parts of the book's title. The first story, Hardboiled, is written from the perspective of a woman who is hiking alone, passes a strange shrine and ends up in a hotel with a couple of surreal incidents that follow. Her back story is filled in as a mixture of narrative and dream sequences. The second story, Hard Luck, is about a woman whose sister Kuni is in a coma. Kuni's fiancé leaves her after the incident, but his brother continues to visit. It becomes apparent that he is interested in the protagonist of the story.
Book information
[edit]Hardboiled & Hard Luck (English edition) by Banana Yoshimoto
- Hardcover – ISBN 0-8021-1799-6, published by Grove Press
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