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PEOPLE, Page 104Banana Mania
By GINIA BELLAFANTE/Reported by Wendy Cole
Thimk of her as Japan's own Tama Janowitz. At 28, BANANA
YOSHIMOTO has become one of Tokyo's trendiest writers, spinning
offbeat tales with a zany, blunt wit. Later this month her most
popular novel, Kitchen (Grove), arrives Stateside. The story?
Sad girl mourning the loss of her grandmother meets lonely boy
whose father has had a sex change. The book sold close to 2
million copies in Japan, became a film and wound up translated
into two languages. No media hound, Yoshimoto refuses TV
appearances and avoids print interviews. The result: "Nobody
recognizes me on the train."