I have been a Haruki Murakami fan for as long as I can remember. He was the perfect gateway to finding so many other wonderful Japanese writers. I’ve added Memory Police to my reading list. Oh & love a niche rabbit hole!
Have you read What You’re Looking For Is In the Library or There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Job? I liked both better than Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Though for Japanese fantasy, I adored Lonely Castle in the mirror! For nonfiction, I thought books like 自分疲れ (self tiredness) was good!
been trying to get into more Japanese literature! i recently read convenience store woman by sayaka murata, bit slow but thought it had a good theme about society today in japan and expectations placed on women.
I have been a Haruki Murakami fan for as long as I can remember. He was the perfect gateway to finding so many other wonderful Japanese writers. I’ve added Memory Police to my reading list. Oh & love a niche rabbit hole!
Let me know how you find The Memory Police. I'm reading her book, Revenge, next
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Thanks for the recommendation, I just picked up Kitchen and Goodbye Tsugumi!
Have you read What You’re Looking For Is In the Library or There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Job? I liked both better than Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Though for Japanese fantasy, I adored Lonely Castle in the mirror! For nonfiction, I thought books like 自分疲れ (self tiredness) was good!
I haven't read any of these but I feel like WYLFISTL is right up my alley and Lonely Castle sounds amazing too. x
I hope you get the chance to read them, I really enjoyed them all!
been trying to get into more Japanese literature! i recently read convenience store woman by sayaka murata, bit slow but thought it had a good theme about society today in japan and expectations placed on women.
I'm so glad you found this Substack!
I’m unsure if I liked Life Ceremony, it kept me intrigued but none of the individual stories really stuck with me!
Interesting!!!