Kitap tavsiyelerin çok teşekkürler. Osamu Dazai zaten radarımdaydı, senin tavsiyeni de görünce okuma listeme aldım. Ayrıca, güzel fotoğrafların için de çok teşekkürler. Fotoğraflarındaki dingin hava, kompozisyonlarındaki yalınlık çok hoşuma gidiyor. Şubat sayısını heyecanla bekliyorum. Sevgiler. İlsu
Thanks for sharing these book reviews with beautiful pictures, that's also very nice to read! I just bought "Lost Japan: Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan" by Alex Kerr and am even more intrigued to read it now! "Pachinko" and "Convenience Store Woman" are also among my favorites, nice to see that you enjoyed them as well - they are both very impactful, in different ways. I however hated Dazai's extremely misogynistic 『人間失格』 and do not wish to read anything by him ever again. Also! What about the beautiful fuchsia camellias everywhere in town? ^^
Your reviews are so much better than you suggest! I have only two threads keeping me connected to Japan until I get to return for another long stay in coming years. Yours is one of them. I was there for 3 months last year and spent every day both confused in trying to understand so many things, and overwhelmed with love at all the kindness that the Japanese showed me. I love the breadth of perspectives that your choice of books offers. Thank you.
I am glad to see "Convenience Store Woman" in the list, and I must say Sayaka Murata's other book, "Earthlings", was my first from her and made such a powerful impact on me. As someone else has commented here, it is certainly weirder, but I connected personally with it in many levels, and read it as I was getting ready to come to Japan for the first time in 2022. I wouldn't say it is a read for everyone, though. 😅
Thanks for the list! I'm reading Dasai's "No Longer Human" right now but will add the other book on your list to my future reading. So many possibilities!
Brilliant recommendations, think I too should get around to reading ‘Pachinko’. Have you read Alan Booth’s “The Roads to Sata”? It’s another love letter to Japan and all its delights (less critical than some of Lost Japan) all set against the backdrop of a walk across Japan.
Thank you! I think your book reviews are excellent. I love Japanese literature and have read a lot of them. Sayaka Murata is one of the few I didn‘t really enjoy. Convienience Store Woman was okay, but Earthlings was really weird (and I usually like weird!). Have you read „lonely castle in the mirror“ by Mizuki Tsujimura? I really loved that novel. Although it is probably more for a younger audience...
Sevgili Burcu,
Kitap tavsiyelerin çok teşekkürler. Osamu Dazai zaten radarımdaydı, senin tavsiyeni de görünce okuma listeme aldım. Ayrıca, güzel fotoğrafların için de çok teşekkürler. Fotoğraflarındaki dingin hava, kompozisyonlarındaki yalınlık çok hoşuma gidiyor. Şubat sayısını heyecanla bekliyorum. Sevgiler. İlsu
Thanks for sharing these book reviews with beautiful pictures, that's also very nice to read! I just bought "Lost Japan: Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan" by Alex Kerr and am even more intrigued to read it now! "Pachinko" and "Convenience Store Woman" are also among my favorites, nice to see that you enjoyed them as well - they are both very impactful, in different ways. I however hated Dazai's extremely misogynistic 『人間失格』 and do not wish to read anything by him ever again. Also! What about the beautiful fuchsia camellias everywhere in town? ^^
Your reviews are so much better than you suggest! I have only two threads keeping me connected to Japan until I get to return for another long stay in coming years. Yours is one of them. I was there for 3 months last year and spent every day both confused in trying to understand so many things, and overwhelmed with love at all the kindness that the Japanese showed me. I love the breadth of perspectives that your choice of books offers. Thank you.
Thank you for this list of books!
I am glad to see "Convenience Store Woman" in the list, and I must say Sayaka Murata's other book, "Earthlings", was my first from her and made such a powerful impact on me. As someone else has commented here, it is certainly weirder, but I connected personally with it in many levels, and read it as I was getting ready to come to Japan for the first time in 2022. I wouldn't say it is a read for everyone, though. 😅
Thanks for the list! I'm reading Dasai's "No Longer Human" right now but will add the other book on your list to my future reading. So many possibilities!
Lovely bits about the books.
The empty words from reviews you didn’t use are only good for making memorable passwords.
I love the photos you shared -- thank you!
Hola , Has Elegido Cinco Maravillosos Libros , Sobre Japón , Y Las Reseñas Son Muy Buenas. Un Saludo.
Brilliant recommendations, think I too should get around to reading ‘Pachinko’. Have you read Alan Booth’s “The Roads to Sata”? It’s another love letter to Japan and all its delights (less critical than some of Lost Japan) all set against the backdrop of a walk across Japan.
Thank you! I think your book reviews are excellent. I love Japanese literature and have read a lot of them. Sayaka Murata is one of the few I didn‘t really enjoy. Convienience Store Woman was okay, but Earthlings was really weird (and I usually like weird!). Have you read „lonely castle in the mirror“ by Mizuki Tsujimura? I really loved that novel. Although it is probably more for a younger audience...
Been meaning to read Pachinko. I’ll get on that this year.