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[Review] Read Real Japanese Essays

C 10 April, 2015 Books / Japanese / Languages / Reviews4 Comments

Among Japanese learning material aimed at foreigners, this book is definitely one of the better ones. The book contains eight essays by (relatively) popular authors, such as Haruki Murakami, Banana Yoshimoto and Yoko Ogawa.

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[Review] Revenge, by Yoko Ogawa

C 30 October, 2014 Books / Reading events / ReviewsLeave a comment

Let me begin by saying that I absolutely love it when books do ‘the Thing’. “The Thing”, you ask? Yes, the Thing. That Thing where authors skilfully weave together different narratives.

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[Review] The Diving Pool, by Yoko Ogawa

C 15 January, 2014 Books / Reading events / ReviewsLeave a comment

This year for January in Japan one of the readalongs is Yoko Ogawa’s The Diving Pool. The post gathering all reviews of the book is here. The Diving Pool is actually the first book I finished this year, far ahead of the readalong date (January 16th). So, what did I …

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