Tag: Japan
BOOK REVIEW: THE SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN
Author: Yasunari Kawabata
Translator: Edward G. Seidensticker
Publisher: Penguin UK
Publishing Date: 6 January 2011
Pages: 224
Languages: Japanese and English
Country: Japan
Rating: 4.5/5
“It's remarkable how we go on year...
BOOK REVIEW: THE MEMORY POLICE
Author: Yoko Ogawa
Publisher: Vintage
Publishing Date: 1 August 2020
Pages: 288
Language: Japanese and English
Translator: Stephen Snyder
Country: Japan
Rating: 4.5/5
“My memories don’t feel as though they’ve been pulled...
BOOK REVIEW: WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM
Author: Mary Lynn Bracht
Publisher: Chato and Windus
Publishing Date: 5 March 2018
Country: South Korea
Pages: 320
Language: English
Rating: 5/5
"Look for your sister after each dive. Never forget,...
WHY I READ HARUKI MURAKAMI
“Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning,...
BOOK REVIEW: KAFKA ON THE SHORE
Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Vintage
Publication Date: 6 Oct 2005
Language: Japanese, English
Translator: Philip Gabriel
Pages: 512
Country: Japan
Rating: 4/5
“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back....
BOOK REVIEW: MEN WITHOUT WOMEN
Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Random House UK
Publishing Date: 16 August 2017
Pages: 240 Pages
Language: Japanese, English
Translator: Philip Gabriel, Ted Goossen
Country: Japan
Rating: 4/5
“Here's what hurts the most,"...