This book is dedicated to capturing that urge, that small pull that goads us to surrender. Vulnerable to your own unconscious with its own unpredictable will to never give up control to your conscious mind. Resting, recharging, but now defenseless, powerless. It’s a small tug, but it is very compelling, even enchanting, and before you know it you are asleep. Maybe lie down, take a break, relax a little. A small pull in your mind is telling you not to open your eyes anymore.

Each day she takes half an hour to write at her computer, and she says, 'I tend to feel guilty because I write these stories almost for fun.'Ĭlose your eyes.

She keeps her personal life guarded, and reveals little about her certified Rolfing practitioner, Hiroyoshi Tahata and son (born in 2003). Whenever she appears in public she eschews make-up and dresses simply. During that time, she took the pseudonym 'Banana' after her love of banana flowers, a name she recognizes as both 'cute' and 'purposefully androgynous.'ĭespite her success, Yoshimoto remains a down-to-earth and obscure figure. She graduated from Nihon University's Art College, majoring in Literature. Growing up in a liberal family, she learned the value of independence from a young age. (See also 吉本芭娜娜 (Chinese).)Īlong with having a famous father, poet Takaaki Yoshimoto, Banana's sister, Haruno Yoiko, is a well-known cartoonist in Japan. Banana Yoshimoto ( よしもとばなな or 吉本ばなな) is the pen name of Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本真秀子), a Japanese contemporary writer.

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