Hardboiled & Hard Luck

Hardboiled & Hard Luck

First edition (Japanese)
Author Banana Yoshimoto
Translator Michael Emmerich
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Publisher Grove Press
Publication date
1999
Published in English
2005
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 160 pp
ISBN 0-8021-1799-6
OCLC 57432320
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

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

Hardboiled & Hard Luck (English edition) by Banana Yoshimoto


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