sweet bean paste the international bestseller

Translated into English for the first time, Durian Sukegawa’s beautiful prose is capturing hearts all over the world. Product Details Price £8.99 £8. Sweet Bean Paste is a moving novel about the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship. Sweet Bean Paste is a moving novel about the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship. Sweet Bean Paste: The International Bestseller - Kindle edition by Sukegawa, Durian, Watts, Alison. 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, Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted.

Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. 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. Tokue makes the best bean paste imaginable, and begins to teach Sentaro her art. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. I Love YouĪ charming tale of friendship, love and loneliness in contemporary Japan 'I'm in story heaven with this book.' Cecelia Ahern, author of P.S.

Sweet bean paste the international bestseller