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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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[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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[Review] Making Sense of Japanese, by Jay Rubin

C 7 May, 2015 Books / Japanese / Languages / ReviewsLeave a comment

Oh, this book. OH, THIS BOOK. You see, when I read the reviews where everyone was praising this book, saying how useful and funny it was, I was slightly sceptical. Sure, I like Rubin’s translations. Sure, he knows his Japanese. But I don’t trust non-fiction/selfhelp/reference works to keep me interested. …

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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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