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Today in paperback: a gently spectacular tour-de force concerning the redemptive power of love.While The River shows off lots of the functions which have created Banana Yoshimoto famous—a cast of vibrant and cool people, simple-yet nuanced writing, a good piece by having an positive pace—it’s likewise among the most darkly mystical publications she’s actually written.It tells the story of a girl who goes to Tokyo following the demise of her mother, wishing to overcome her grief and begin a job as a visual artist. She sees himself paying an excessive amount of time staring out her window, although, until she understands she’s gotten used to seeing a guy next door staring out his window, too.They ultimately attempt a reluctant love, until she discovers he hasbeen the target of some type of childhood stress. Browsing two of his buddies who live a monastic existence beside an attractive river, she starts to patch together a number of clues that lead her to believe his encounter might have had anything related to a weird religious cult. .