Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto — the idyll of childhood
Goodbye Tsugumi is a coming of age novel and the lives of two girls who come together for one last holiday at the seaside
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Japanese literature
A Year of Reading Intentions and Directions But Definitely No Plans
A new year begins and my news feed is chock-a-block with blog posts about reading challenges, goals and plans. I’ve held
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The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa – a world without memory
The Memory Police qualifies as the most unsettling novel I’ve read this year. The last book I’d read by Yogo
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It’s Time For The Japanese Literature Challenge
It’s been a few years since I joined the Japanese Literature Challenge hosted by Meredith at DolceBezzellla.net. It just so happens that
Read moreDark Tales of Strangeness in Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
Revenge by Yoko Ogawa is the darkest, strangest book I’ve read in a very long time. I found it in
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