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| Plot Summary of Kitchen |
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"Kitchen is a collection of two novellas, titled "Kitchen" and "Moonlight Shadows." In both stories, a young female character struggles to deal with the deaths that surround her. In "Kitchen," Mikage's last living relative, her grandmother, dies, and she moves in with a boy she scarcely knows. After the boy's transsexual father (known in the story as his mother) dies, the two characters realize how much they need one another. "Moonlight Shadows" features Satsuki, a young woman who is haunted by the death of her boyfriend. A strange woman named Urara surfaces in Satsuki's life and helps her to bid a final farewell to her lover."
Judy Berman, Resident Scholar
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"Mikage is a young woman of early 20's living in Yokyo, Japan. After the immediate death of her only living relative, her grandmother, Mikage is found alone and unable to cope with this reality. Each night, she sleeps in the kitchen, the one room that helps her deal with the pain as she is able to listen to the vibrating sound of the refrigerator. One night, a friend of her Grandmother, Yuichi, knocks on her door and invites her to his place. So, after taking the time to say good bye to her old home, she stays in the apartment of Yuichi and his transgender "mother", Eriko. After settling into her new home, she battles over death, sexuality, and existentialism."
Daniel Singer, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- transvestites
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Coping with loss of loved one(s)
Yes
Loss of...
- grandpa/ma
Taboo sex story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
City?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
Amount of dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- significantly more descript than dialog
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