This was a 3 star read for me.Traditionally, this dish is made with pork, but it can be replaced easily by chicken or mutton. I loved the simplicity of this Japanese tale, but I didn’t finish this book with a any strong feelings for it.
Overall rating: “Sweet Bean Paste” is a wholesome story of unlikely friendship. I didn’t find the story to be particularly poignant and I didn’t feel quite the same level of emotion and connection as I have with other Japanese literature. This is a short and sweet read that I probably would recommend to you, but it wasn’t one that blew me away. There are times when the colour of life changes completely.” “People’s lives never stay the same colour forever. I particularly liked the character of Tokue who I could picture in my mind very clearly. I liked the plot and the simplicity of the story, as is typical in Japanese writing. This story is nice and full of heart warming moments and it’s a story of self discovery and acceptance. She’s persistant and Sentaro eventually agrees, soon discovering that her sweet bean paste is better than any he’s ever had before. Then one day, an old lady called Tokue offers to help Sentaro in making the red bean paste required for dorayaki. When we first meet him, he makes dorayaki, but it’s pretty terrible and business isn’t great. Sentaro works day in, day out in a confectionery shop.
I was convinced that humans are born in order to be of service to the world and to others.” “I believed that a life has no value if a person is not a useful member of society. Translated into English for the first time, Durian Sukegawa’s beautiful prose is capturing hearts all over the world. Sweet Bean Paste is a moving novel about the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship. 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, with devastating consequences. 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. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. Publisher: Oneworld Publications (first published February 6th 2013) By Durian Sukegawa, Alison Watts ( Translator)
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