Goodbye Tsugumi
{{short description|1989 novel by Banana Yoshimoto}}
{{Infobox book|
| name = さよなら、つぐみ
Goodbye Tsugumi
| title_orig = さよなら、つぐみ
| translator = Michael Emmerich
| image = Image:Banana yoshimoto tsugumiusa.jpg
| border = yes
| caption = First edition (English-Japanese Japanese)
| author = Banana Yoshimoto
| illustrator =
| cover_artist = Noboru Tsujitani
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| genre = Liliterary Fiction
| publisher = Japanese: Kadokawa Shoten
English: Grove Press
| release_date = 1989
| english_release_date = 2002
| media_type = Print (Hardback)
| pages = 186 pp
| isbn = 0-8021-1638-8
| dewey = 895.6/35 21
| congress = PL865.O7138 T7613 2002
| oclc = 48475201
| preceded_by = Asleep (novel)
| followed_by = Hardboiled & Hard Luck (novel)
| pub_date = Japanese: March 25, 1989
| published = 1989, Japanese Version
| audio_read_by =
| URL =
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{{nihongo|Goodbye Tsugumi|TUGUMI||written in allcaps rōmaji|lead=yes}} is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto in 1989 and translated into English in 2002 by Michael Emmerich.
Goodbye Tsugumi was made into a movie in 1990, directed by Jun Ichikawa.
Plot
Tsugumi is a sickly but feisty and somewhat unpleasant young girl living in a small Japanese seaside town at the family inn with her parents, sister Yoko, aunt Masako, and cousin Maria (the protagonist). Following the divorce of Maria's father, Maria and Masako move to Tokyo to be with him, where Maria attends university. Shortly after the move, Maria receives a call from Tsugumi to say that the family are selling the inn. Maria returns to the town for one last summer to remember her childhood and reconcile her strained relationship with Tsugumi while she still can. But then they didn't realize the true display of true will.
Awards
Publication details
Goodbye Tsugumi (English edition) by Banana Yoshimoto
- Hardcover - {{ISBN|0-8021-1638-8}} published by Grove Press
- Paperback - {{ISBN|0-8021-3991-4}}, published by Grove Press
A passage from this novel was published in the November 2009 SAT Reasoning Test.
References
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Category:Novels by Banana Yoshimoto
Category:Japanese novels adapted into films
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