Sweet Bean Paste

A quietly devastating, life-affirming Japanese bestseller about second chances, prejudice and the redemptive power of friendship — translated by Alison Watts.

Sentaro feels he has failed. With a criminal record behind him, a drinking problem and a long-abandoned dream of becoming a writer, he spends his days listlessly making dorayaki — pancakes filled with sweet red-bean paste — in a small confectionery shop, the seasons marked only by the blossoming of the cherry trees. Then one day an elderly woman named Tokue enters the shop. Her bean paste is the finest he has ever tasted, and she begins, patiently, to teach him her art.

As their friendship blossoms, so too do the cruel prejudices of the world around them, in a tender story about the burdens we carry and the unexpected people who help us bear them.

Gentle, moving and unforgettable.

Paperback · Japanese fiction in translation · In stock at Book Tanks, shipped across Malaysia.

Book details
Author: Durian Sukegawa
ISBN: 9781786071958
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Genre: Japanese fiction in translation

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa — brand new, 100% original, in stock at Book Tanks and shipped fast across Malaysia.