2 days ago by Zack Davisson

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply beautiful “The Narrow Road to Oku” is about as close to perfection as one can get. First you have Matsuo Basho, Japan’s greatest poet, chronicling his hundred and fifty day journey into Oku to visit the grave of his mother, who had died the previous year. Translating this m ...

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2 days ago by Zack Davisson

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Japanese novels ever! And its funny! Lighthearted. Fast moving. Hilarious. These are not adjectives usually associated with classic Japanese literature or with Natsume Soseki, an author whose image graces the 1,000 yen note in Japan. Soseki’s intense novel “Kokoro” ...

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3 days ago by camerasian

(34) “Athens?” I asked, but we had already reached the restaurant, and she didn’t reply. Instead she made her way to the table that one of the French boys was pointing to. Renée sat down opposite the French girl, and next to her sat one of the boys, just as before. They seemed to be a couple. The se ...

霧の中 ~ In the Fog - bookreviewsjapan.wordpress.com

10 days ago by Zack Davisson

4.0 out of 5 stars A poetic look at Japanese art and religion Kakuzo Okakura, author of the legendary The Book of Tea, was a first-hand witness to the rapid changes of the Meji period, when the closed nation of Japan had its locked doors forced open by the US military, and was suddenly thrust onto a ...

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13 days ago by nekorokketo

Few things in life are more pleasing to me than fun facts, so lemme share one. I discovered this while reading up on Japanese Literature since the Meiji Restoration in a book I did not purchase for a class but for because I love nerdy things. Especially when they're on sale. Anyway, so peeps familia ...

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14 days ago by bourdaghs

I read the news today, oh boy. Actually, I didn’t, as I was traveling most of the day. We just got home this evening from Beloit, Wisconsin, where it was Family Weekend at Beloit College. Our oldest is three months into his freshman year at the school, and given his relative silence since leaving ho ...

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17 days ago by novelinsights

I remember wanting to read Sputnik Sweetheart when it first came out and I spotted it on the tables in the bookshops. I’ve read a few Murakami novels starting with when I was a young teenager and picked Dance, Dance, Dance off my Dad’s shelf – and while I wasn’t expecting such a dreamlike plot-line, ...

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18 days ago by thehungryreader

So I was all of 21 when I first read, “Sputnik Sweetheart” by Murakami and yes like any other 21 year-old who reads of love, I was blown away. Literally. My mind was in pieces and my heart was trying hard to decipher the writing on the wall. I came out to my folks when I was nineteen, but I guess my ...

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25 days ago by Zack Davisson

5.0 out of 5 stars Lust will not keep. Something must be done about it It is amazing to me that a place like the Yoshiwara actually existed. An island of sensual pleasure surrounded on all sides by a moat, the only entrance way being through the guarded gates. At the gates, all weapons and social st ...

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27 days ago by my monkied brain

Despite the grim warnings Friday night seemed to be throwing out I actually had a pretty fantastic birthday. Not the usual sort of thing LA thing - no wild party with much drunkenness (which has pretty much been my modus operendi for years and years), but instead a series of events that were all tog ...

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