N. P. A Novel by Yoshimoto, Banana - 1994

New York: Grove Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802115454 . Translated from the Japanese by Ann Sherif. "N. P. Is the title of the last collection of short stories by a celebrated Japanese writer. Written in English while he was living in Boston, the book may never see print in his native Japan: each time a new translator takes up the task, death gets in the way. Four young people, each intimately bound to this writer and his work, are brought together by N. P. And its unsettling legacy of secrets and suicides..." - from the dust jacket. Ships same or next business day. Remainder mark. Head and tail of spine are bumped, half inch dent in head-edge of front board, small tear In tail-edge of page 87. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 194 pages .