01568nam a22002657a 4500 20260109135458.0 240429b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781786071958 (paperback) HSLRC HSLRC HSLRC FIC S85 2017 Sukegawa, Durian 1962 author. 51310 Sweet bean paste / Durian Sukegawa London, England : Oneworld Publications, c2017. 216 pages ; 20 cm rdacontent text btxt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc "Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. But everything is about to change. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. 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."-- Translated from the Japanese. Friendship Fiction 51311 People with disabilities Fiction. 51312 Literary fiction 59986 Watts, Alison 51313 translator. lcc BK 95028 95028 0 0 lcc 0 0 HSLRC HSLRC FIC 2024-04-29 599.00 6 FIC S85 2017 HS14339 2026-09-01 13:31:14 2026-07-30 1 2024-04-29 BK