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[Review] Breaking Into Japanese Literature

C 15 September, 2016 Books / Japanese / Languages / ReviewsLeave a comment

This book was… not that great. But let me start off on a positive note: I enjoyed the stories. The book contains seven short stories in total, by Natsume Sōseki and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. The selection of stories, content wise, is good. The stories are quite dark, which I love, and …

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[Review] Men Without Women, by Haruki Murakami

C 24 July, 2016 Books / ReviewsLeave a comment

Like everyone else I was extremely curious about Murakami’s new short story collection, Men Without Women. I prefer my Murakami in English, although the Dutch translations are in a way superior because they are more true to the original, but as of yet there is no news on the publication …

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[Review] Twinkle Twinkle, by Kaori Ekuni

C 10 April, 2016 Books / Queer Culture / Reading events / ReviewsOne Comment

I discovered this book through my quest to find as many LGBT+ themed Japanese literature books as possible (hint: there are very few in translation). If you’re interested in finding out more titles, I created a Listopia list on Goodreads that others have contributed to as well: here

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[Reviews] Two Japanese classics

C 31 January, 2016 Books / Reading events / ReviewsOne Comment

So recently I read these two Japanese classics one after another, which frankly was a great decision! Both Fumiko Enchi (1905-1986) and Kanoko Okamoto (1889-1939) – the former more famous than the latter – were feminists and modern women in their time. Reading these two authors back to back was …

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[Review] Read Real Japanese Fiction

C 15 July, 2015 Books / Japanese / Languages / Reviews2 Comments

Earlier this year I already reviewed Read Real Japanese Essays. The Fiction version has the same set-up as that book, so I won’t get into that again (check the Essays review for that). The structure of the book just works, and it’s awesome for students of Japanese, the end.

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