01602nam a22002177a 45000010005000000030006000050050017000110080041000280200018000690400029000870500015001160820011001311000030001422450069001722600048002413000023002895200981003126500035012936500024013287000032013529566FISKH20260123144318.0260123b        cb ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781786071958  aFISKHbengcFISKHdFISKH  aPL869 .O75  a895.63  aSukegawa, Durian eAuthor  aSweet bean paste /cDurian Sukegawa ; translated by Alison Watts  aLondon :bOneworld Publications Ltd ,c2013  a216 pages :c20 cm  aA charming tale of friendship, love, and loneliness in contemporary Japan Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. 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. But everything is about to change. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. 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, with devastating consequences. Sweet Bean Paste is a moving novel about the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship. Translated into English for the first time, Durian Sukegawa's beautiful prose is capturing hearts all over the world.  aJapanese fiction vTranslated   aCuisinevFriendship  aWatts, Alison eTranslator