Been reading lots of Japanese fiction lately. Needed a primer, as it were.
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sophist_monster wants to read Strange Weather in Tokyo by Allison Markin Powell
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Allison Markin Powell, Hiromi Kawakami
Tsukiko is drinking alone in her local sake bar when by chance she meets one of her old high school …
sophist_monster finished reading Parade by Allison Markin Powell
sophist_monster finished reading Difference Aesthetics Makes by Kandice Chuh
sophist_monster started reading Parade by Allison Markin Powell
sophist_monster wants to read Parade by Allison Markin Powell
sophist_monster wants to read Record of a Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami
Record of a Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami
"One morning, a woman treads on a snake. She comes home that evening and realises the snake has moved into …
sophist_monster started reading Death Note
Death Note
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when …
sophist_monster wants to read Tongues I by Anders Nilsen
Tongues I by Anders Nilsen
From the three-time Igantz award-winning artist and author of Big Questions comes a fascinating graphic novel retelling of the Greek …
sophist_monster started reading Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki
sophist_monster started reading Brief History of Japan : Samurai, Shogun and Zen by Jonathan Clements
sophist_monster started reading Hit Parade of Tears by Izumi Suzuki
sophist_monster finished reading No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poignant and fascinating story of …
sophist_monster started reading No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poignant and fascinating story of …
sophist_monster finished reading The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce is a classic Christian allegorical tale about a bus ride from hell to heaven. An …