How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart

20-something and uncertain about her future, Florentyna Leow is exhilarated when an old acquaintance offers her an opportunity for work and cohabitation in a little house in the hills of Kyoto.Florentyna begins a new job as a tour guide, taking tourists on elaborate and expensive trips around Kyoto's cultural hotspots. Amidst the busy tourist traps and overrun temples, Florentyna develops her own personal map of the city: a favourite smoky jazz kissa; a top-shelf katsuobushi loving cat; an elderly lady named Yamaguchi-san, who shares her sweets and gives Florentyna a Japanese name.Meanwhile, her relationship with her new companion develops an intensity as they live and work together. Their little kitchen, the epicenter of their shared life, overlooks a community garden dominated by a fruitful persimmon tree. Their relationship burns bright, but seasons change, the persimmon tree out back loses its fruit, and things grow strange between the two women.

Title - How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart

Edition -

Author - Florentyna Leow

ISBN 13 - 9781915628008

Imprint - The Emma Press

Publisher - The Emma Press

Date Published - 23/02/2023

Prize -

No. of pages - 152

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 8mm

Weight - g

Languages - English