Amrita reading group

Shortly after the shocking suicide of her actress sister, Sakumi herself suffers an accident that deprives her of childhood memories. Yoshimoto’s most substantial and ambitious novel so far is a typically haunting exploration of loss, grief, healing and time. Unfolding with an often dream-like logic and peopled by quirkily sympathetic characters, it displays all the all the charm, bizzare invention and quiet optimism that have made her one of Japan’s most popular writers.

A place at the reading group is £7, which can be redeemed against any book in the bookshop.