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05
Jul
2009
The Commoner  

8 hours ago by Charley

One of my goals this year is to read more Japanese literature. While John Burnham Schwartz is not a Japanese author, his novel, The Commoner, addresses the isolation and despair of women in the Japanese monarchy. In The Commoner, Schwartz tells the story of Haruko, the first nonaristocratic woman to ...

Bending Bookshelf - bendingbookshelf.blogspot.com · Rank: 152,282 · 32 references

04
Jul
2009
Reading Journal: Sat 4th July 2009  

22 hours ago by Rob

07:30 - Started the day off with another short from Ox-Tales: Earth (Profile Books), and this story, Boys in Cars by Marti Leimbach, is another absolute cracker. The story is based on a single mother’s relationship with her autistic child, and it’s a story which turns out to be both tender and endea ...

RobAroundBooks - robaroundbooks.com · Rank: 12,123 · 78 references

This and That  

1 day ago by bourdaghs

The plan on this 4th of July is to head downtown later to hear Booker T’s set at the Taste of Chicago. What could be more patriotic than wolfing down Chicago-style dogs while grooving to “Green Onions” on Independence Day? In the meanwhile, the brilliant Sheena Ringo has a new album out in Japan, Sa ...

Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara ... - bourdaghs.com/blog

Start your week with Japanese literature, 16: the Edo Period -Theatre  

1 day ago by dracoena

--- At last! THE COMEBACK OF LITERATURE! (Let´s see how long it lasts. Considering what I learned just yesterday that I had to do next...:( )) Ah, well. Let´s enjoy our holidays while they last. Last time I looked, we had already covered two important parts of the new Tokugawa era middle-class liter ...

A Window on the East - dracoena.livejournal.com · 2 references

The Woman in the Dunes  

1 day ago by profmike

In April I was at a conference on ‘The Fairy Tale after Angela Carter’ and I was fortunate enough to meet up with Marc Sebastian-Jones from Macclesfield who lives and works in Tokyo, teaching English at university. We talked at some length about Japanese literature, specifically about Murakami (both ...

Profmike's Weblog - profmike.wordpress.com · 5 references

03
Jul
2009
Reading in the Bathroom Can Be a Terrifying Experience  

2 days ago by Jeff Morgan

Koji Suzuki likes to scare people. The famed Japanese author has written bloodcurdling tales like “The Ring,” which have been adapted into films in Japan and Hollywood. Suzuki has a new idea for scaring people, one which involves the time you spend on the toilet. Suzuki has teamed up with Hayashi Pa ...

Gadget Teaser - gadgetteaser.com · Rank: 161,868 · 1 reference

02
Jul
2009
Review of Paprika  

3 days ago by John Walsh

At the Institute for Psychiatric Research, scientists on the verge of winning a Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology have invented technology for reaching into the minds of patients. Their machines can collect and record the dreams of their patients and, by recourse to subsequent psychoanalysis an ...

John Walsh's Comprehensive ... - jcwalsh.wordpress.com · 1 reference

30
Jun
2009
Genji 10-13  

5 days ago by Matthew

Chapter 10 Sasaki 榊 / The Sacred Tree. In which Genji’s father the Kiritsubo emperor dies, and Genji’s life takes a dramatic turn for worse. The Rokujô lady leaves society accompanying her daughter Akikonomu, who has been appointed a priestess, to the temple. Since the new emperor is Kikoden’s son, ...

A Guy's Moleskine Notebook - mattviews.wordpress.com · Rank: 27,515 · 126 references

26
Jun
2009
Cherry Blossom Tattoos: Meaning and Significance  

9 days ago by user1

Cherry blossom tattoos are a popular tattoo idea for many females today. There are many great things associated with the cherry blossom and the beautiful, delicate nature of the cherry seems very appealingpealing to many women looking for a tattoo. Cherry blossoms are significant in the Asian cultur ...

Tattoos - Choose A Tattoo ... - likeatattoo.net · Rank: 151,217 · 20 references

25
Jun
2009
Blue Shells: Translated Fiction and Interview with Toshiya Kamei  

10 days ago by moulinreview

Blue Shells by Naoko Awa (Translated by Toshiya Kamei) I’m going to tell you the story of a mysterious flared skirt I used to own. Sadly, I no longer have it. When I became obsessed with the skirt, my family hid it from me. Shortly later, it was burned in the war. But I have never forgotten the dazz ...

Moulin Review - moulinreview.wordpress.com · 2 references

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