· Durian Sukegawa's Sweet Bean Paste is a gentle and life-affirming novel (novella?). The book's central figures are discriminated against because of their pasts: Sentaro is a middle aged man who works at a dorayaki shop has a criminal | | | | | |/5. · Sweet Bean Paste is a charming novella by Durian Sukegawa that details life in contemporary Japan in an unexpected way. From small touches that describe how interactions take place between different age groups, to an unexpected lesson in prejudice, Sweet Bean Paste is an unforgettable tale of bittersweet friendship.3/5. Sweet Bean Paste: Author: Durian Sukegawa: Translated by: Alison Watts: Publisher: Oneworld Publications, ISBN: X, Length: pages: 4/5(13).
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa review - a bittersweet confection about prejudice and friendship Outcast from her community, leprosy sufferer Tokue finds a new purpose in life helping. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa. Septem ~ Ed SJC Park. Part 1 of 2. This novel follows Sentaro, a young man who has an unfortunate past, working in a dorayaki (a red-bean pancake confection) store. An old lady, Tokue enters his store and offers to help him make the sweet bean paste from scratch instead of factory-made paste. Sweet Bean Paste, by Durian Sukegawa, is a story of friendship and renewal. It is set in modern-day Japan, and focuses on some cultural changes that are just happening within the last twenty-five years or so. from the publisher, Oneworld: Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming.
Durian Sukegawa's Sweet Bean Paste is a gentle and life-affirming novel (novella?). The book's central figures are discriminated against because of their pasts: Sentaro is a middle aged man who works at a dorayaki shop has a criminal | | | | | |. Sweet Bean Paste. Durian Sukegawa,Alison Watts. Published by Oneworld Publications , ISBN ISBN Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape and Tokue’s dark secret is revealed, with devastating consequences. Sweet Bean Paste is a moving novel about the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship. Translated into English for the first time, Durian Sukegawa’s beautiful prose is capturing hearts all over the world.
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