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Kyoko
Author Ryu Murakami
Original titleキョウコ
LanguageJapanese
Genre Fiction
Publisher Shueisha
Publication date
1995
Publication placeJapan
Media typePrint
Pages213
ISBN 4087740986
OCLC 34700067
Preceded by Piercing (novel) 

Kyoko is a 1995 novel by Ryu Murakami. The book tells the story of a young woman who comes to New York City to find the Cuban-American GI who taught her to dance salsa. She ends up traveling throughout the United States to help her friend, who is dying of AIDS, see his family one last time, although he doesn't even remember her.

In the year 2000, a film was made from the story of this book, under the title Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, written and directed by the author, Ryu Murakami.

Publishing history

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kyoko
Author Ryu Murakami
Original titleキョウコ
LanguageJapanese
Genre Fiction
Publisher Shueisha
Publication date
1995
Publication placeJapan
Media typePrint
Pages213
ISBN 4087740986
OCLC 34700067
Preceded by Piercing (novel) 

Kyoko is a 1995 novel by Ryu Murakami. The book tells the story of a young woman who comes to New York City to find the Cuban-American GI who taught her to dance salsa. She ends up traveling throughout the United States to help her friend, who is dying of AIDS, see his family one last time, although he doesn't even remember her.

In the year 2000, a film was made from the story of this book, under the title Kyoko or, in English, Because of You, written and directed by the author, Ryu Murakami.

Publishing history

References


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