The Premonition: with free artwork print

Paperback Published on: 12/10/2023
Price: £12.99
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Bookseller Reviews

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The Premonition
Devoured in one sitting…
Lucid, visceral, existential, and emotionally healing. This was just the book I needed to pick up and read. I adored every minute of Yoshimoto’s beautiful ... READ MORE
Laionie Sarson
The Premonition
Bizarrely heartwarming and unapologeticly taboo
The Premonition A bizarrely heart-warming book with dark and taboo themes The blurb on this novella absolutely does not prepare you for all the dark ... READ MORE
Lisa
The Premonition
Heartwrenching, visceral and incredibly raw!
Banana Yoshimoto has such an eloquence in tone and the joint joyous, melancholy in her writing. The Premonition is a short book following our protagonist ... READ MORE
Léa at Brighton
The Premonition
A treat in a small package
The journey of discovery and reflective understanding in this book is a gripping. Each moment is a snap shot into relationships and the impacts of the unfo... READ MORE
Dean from Douglas
The Premonition
Longing for Home
Yayoi has always been a very intuitive child, and has recently started getting the sense that some untold parts of her story are waiting to be revealed. Sh... READ MORE
Noemie Boulle
The Premonition
Simple, graceful and charming
The Premonition is a book of gentle wonder and simplicity, a journey of belief and understanding. It tells of post-adolescent discovery, where the past is ... READ MORE
Phill - Waterstones Bookseller
The Premonition
35 years later....Finally published in English
'The wind picked up. Darkness overtook the sky like a slow velvet curtain falling, and the stars started to twinkle, first one, then another, and another.'... READ MORE
Alan M
The Premonition
Odd, But Undeniably A Pleasure To Read
In classic Japanese translated fiction style it got a bit weird in the middle, but in the end you are satisfied.
Rhea
The Premonition
Absolutely Stunning...
This book is hands-down one of my favourite releases of 2023. The emotional journey each character goes on is tenderly and beautifully written and was an a... READ MORE
Paige from Bristol
The Premonition
A tender and magical book that I will treasure forever.
'...the changes that had happened within me would get subsumed into the process of me growing up. It's really true, I thought. It's always better to know t... READ MORE
Cosima from Leamington Spa

Synopsis

*Pre-order The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto (tr. Asa Yoneda) and receive a free artwork print, strictly available while stock lasts. One print per book ordered. Print is A4 and shows artwork by cover designer Sophie Harris on 100% recycled, FSC certified textured stock. Online only at foyles.co.uk via this product page.*

'Yoshimoto's novels are like jewel boxes.' Vanity Fair The new novel from the bestselling author of the beloved classic, Kitchen. I had a premonition of setting out on a journey and getting lost inside a distant tide ... It was the beginning of summer, and I was nineteen years old. Yayoi lives with her perfect, loving family - something 'like you'd see in a Spielberg movie'. But while her parents tell happy stories of her childhood, she is increasingly haunted by the sense that she's forgotten something important about her past. Deciding to take a break, she goes to stay with her mysterious but beloved aunt Yukino, whose strange behaviour includes waking Yayoi at two in the morning to be her drinking companion, watching Friday the 13th repeatedly and throwing away all the things she wants to forget. Living a life without order, Yukino seems to be protecting herself, but beneath this facade Yayoi starts to recover lost memories, and everything she knows about her past threatens to change forever.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Faber & Faber
  • ISBN: 2369537086818
  • Number of pages: 224
  • Dimensions: 216 x 135 mm

Customer Reviews

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The Premonition
Sweet, journey, discovery
I read a few reviews *after* buying the book. I don’t think I had the same connection other readers had with the main character, however the book was a slo... READ MORE
gurpreet  marwhay
The Premonition
Beautifully written, deeply emotional
I picked up this book on a whim, and I’m so glad I did. Yoshimoto manages to capture the entire emotions one would feel in a lifetime in one short book. Re... READ MORE
Harriet
The Premonition
It felt like listening to a friend
I picked up The Premonition on a whim on my visit to Waterstones 3 days prior to writing this review and I couldn't be more glad that I did. I agree with o... READ MORE
Codi