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New on the blog today, for the JapaneseLitChallenge17 I explore the rather wonderful The Master of Go by #Kawabata - what a fascinating read! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/01/26/i...
“I was not so much observing the play as observing the players.” #JapaneseLitChallenge17
My second read for this month's Japanese Literature Challenge is the book I considered picking up after I'd read "Chevengur", but chose instead "In That Dawn". It's a fairly recent arrival to the TBR,...
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January 26, 2024 at 8:19 AM
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Today on the Ramblings, my first read for JapaneseLitChallenge17 - the very disturbing "The Woman in the Dunes" - an unforgettable read! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/01/17/t...
“The sands never rested” #JapaneseLitChallenge17 #thewomaninthedunes
As I mentioned in my post outlining my loose reading plans for the year, I always like to take part in the Japanese Literature Challenge if I can. I have a great love of Japanese literature, and there...
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January 17, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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💙📚 #book #review The Informer by #AkimitsuTakagi #JapaneseLitChallenge17 #JapaneseLiterature #ccbookreviews
Desperate unemployed man dives into a murky underworld, wrestling morals and facing murder in this Higashino-esque page-turner. A major revelation.
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Book review: The Informer
VERDICT: Desperate unemployed man dives into a murky underworld, wrestling morals and facing murder in this Higashino-esque page-turner. A major revelation.
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February 9, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Just finished reading Mori Ōgai's 'The Wild Goose'. Beautiful and haunting story.

Discovered it through Caroline's (@BeautyAndTheCat.bsky.social) recommendation.

My review is here –

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Book Review – The Wild Goose by Mori Ōgai (Translated by Burton Watson)
I discovered 'The Wild Goose' by Mori Ōgai through Caroline's (from 'Beauty is a Sleeping Cat') review. The translation that I read was by Burton Watson. There is another translation of the book call...
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January 5, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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Review of 'An Artist of the Floating World' by Kazuo Ishiguro. Read for JapaneseLitChallenge17 wp.me/p2oNj1-7VW
The greatest cowardice?
Photo by Janko Ferlic on Pexels.com An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro. Faber and Faber, 2016 (1986). I still have a collection of reproduction Japanese prints and paintings which my pa...
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February 19, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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“The sands never rested” #JapaneseLitChallenge17 #thewomaninthedunes
As I mentioned in my post outlining my loose reading plans for the year, I always like to take part in the Japanese Literature Challenge if I can. I have a great love of Japanese literature, and there...
kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com
January 17, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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“I was not so much observing the play as observing the players.” #JapaneseLitChallenge17
My second read for this month's Japanese Literature Challenge is the book I considered picking up after I'd read "Chevengur", but chose instead "In That Dawn". It's a fairly recent arrival to the TBR,...
kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com
January 26, 2024 at 12:11 PM