It has been a long time since I last picked up The Tale of Genji, but I am not going to let it defeat me! Six months may have passed since I last made the effort to read it, but I have promised myself that I will finish it and so although my progress may [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Japan’
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami
Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin I have enjoyed many Murakami books in the past, but for some reason I’d avoiding reading this, often described as his most famous book. I felt as though I was saving it as a special treat and built up my expectations accordingly. Unfortunately it was nothing like I [...]
Grotesque – Natsuo Kirino
< ?php echo amazonim('0099488930'); ?> Translated from the Japanese by Rebecca Copeland Out is one of my favourite books and so I was very excited about reading Kirino’s second novel, < ?php echo amazon('0099488930','Grotesque’); ?>. Unfortunately, it failed to live up to my expectations. Grotesque is very different in style to Out. It is slower, less gritty [...]
Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakami
I love Murakami so much that Kafka on the Shore is in my all time top ten. Norwegian Wood seems to be one of his lesser known books. I had heard very little about it before I started to read, but had been warned that it would be depressing. Norwegian Wood is primarily set in a Japanese [...]
One Morning Like a Bird – Andrew Miller
Ingenious Pain is one of my favourite books, so when I spotted that Andrew Miller had written a book set in Japan, a country I love reading about, I was very excited. The book is set in Tokyo during WWII and focuses on Yuri, a young man who is unable to fight due to ill-health. [...]
The Japanese Literature Challenge 3!
I have been looking forward to the start of Dolce Bellezza’s Japanese Literature Challenge for a while. I have loved every Japanese book that I have read and this challenge is a great way to discover new books, which are otherwise quite hard to find reviews for. I have saved up a few Japanese books ready [...]
