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CloseYep I pretty much love Yukio Mishima now.
Dark Water by Koji Suzuki. After this I should be done with Japanese authors for awhile. And by awhile I mean two or three books later when I hit Osamu Dazai.
Dark Water by Koji Suzuki. After this I should be done with Japanese authors for awhile. And by awhile I mean two or three books later when I hit Osamu Dazai.
maladroithim
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I am reading Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book. It's okay . . . it straddles this weird line between a child's novel and an adult novel. It's really dark and maybe not appropriate for children, but it's advertised by the publisher as a children's book. I think it's more about romanticizing about the way children view the world or something.
Do you read in the original Japanese? I feel dirty when I read translations, but it's not like I can actually read Dante Alligheri or Kafka or . . . the bible . . .
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Yep I pretty much love Yukio Mishima now.
Dark Water by Koji Suzuki. After this I should be done with Japanese authors for awhile. And by awhile I mean two or three books later when I hit Osamu Dazai.
Do you read in the original Japanese? I feel dirty when I read translations, but it's not like I can actually read Dante Alligheri or Kafka or . . . the bible . . .
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Nah, I'm not quite that good at reading anything besides English and basic Spanish. I get what you mean by feeling "dirty" reading translated stuff, because a lot is sure to get lost in translation, but damn the stories are too good to pass up. I identify with Murakami and Mishima way easier than a lot of English written literature. (Well Jhumpa Lahiri, Arthur C. Clarke, Steve Martin, and Steinbeck are always there for me. Just recently I guess.) When I'm older if I ever do further my study of foreign languages (which I hope to), I'll try to read like that. But from what I've heard it's extremely mentally exhausting. And like you said it's kinda difficult to read really old stuff in its original form.
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I am reading Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book. It's okay . . . it straddles this weird line between a child's novel and an adult novel. It's really dark and maybe not appropriate for children, but it's advertised by the publisher as a children's book. I think it's more about romanticizing about the way children view the world or something.
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Yep I pretty much love Yukio Mishima now.
Dark Water by Koji Suzuki. After this I should be done with Japanese authors for awhile. And by awhile I mean two or three books later when I hit Osamu Dazai.
Do you read in the original Japanese? I feel dirty when I read translations, but it's not like I can actually read Dante Alligheri or Kafka or . . . the bible . . .
Funny, I currently reading, or trying to read, Purgatorio. Finished the Inferno, which wasn't as hard as trying to decipher the Purgatorio because the Inferno was divided up into nine circles...And it used less referance to that time.
Orig
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What'd you think of it? I read it a few weeks ago for a book club. Most of the kids hated it (ironically they all were Twilight fans), but I thought it was really good.
AznChipmunk
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What'd you think of it? I read it a few weeks ago for a book club. Most of the kids hated it (ironically they all were Twilight fans), but I thought it was really good.
I liked it a lot, I really like the main character, as I think he's interesting, although I don't believe in the philosophy.
Canuck
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Camus is one of my favorite authors.
I like the Plague more than the Stranger, but they are both really good.
I also have no problems with translations. 3 of my 4 favourite authors did not write in English, and I'm glad I've read them.
I like the Plague more than the Stranger, but they are both really good.
I also have no problems with translations. 3 of my 4 favourite authors did not write in English, and I'm glad I've read them.
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Hitler 1889 - 1936 Hubris - Ian Kershaw
this is a really interesting read but I enjoyed nemesis more
Estrella
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post=104737post=104705this is a really interesting read but I enjoyed nemesis more
Hitler 1889 - 1936 Hubris - Ian Kershaw
I have Nemesis too. Trying to read them both by the end of the month so I can write two history papers
well, you've chosen a good pair to read for something academic. kershaw takes a fairly objective stance.
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Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami on audiobook and The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin in solid, booky book form.
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Dance Dance Dance was probably my favourite Murakami book, even though it seems like an average book when I think about it.
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My brother really dug it because of the angle with the main character's friendship with a thirteen-year-old girl, since he really wants to have a daughter and liked how they interacted in that sort of way. I haven't gotten that far yet, but so far I like it more than A Wild Sheep Chase. Murakami says it was his favorite book as well I hear, as it was so meditative to write after all the popularity he gained with Norwegian Wood.
The Pleasure of My Company was pretty good, though I still dug Shopgirl more. Loved the ending. "You don't have to make small talk. I like you already."
Looking for Alaska by John Green. I usually don't read much teen fiction, but it was only four bucks and my friend has been raving about it. Trying not to go in pessimistically buuuut I still don't have the highest hopes. Maybe it's because if I want to hear about teenagers being selfish and drunk and self-destructive I can just eavesdrop on conversations around the high school.
The Pleasure of My Company was pretty good, though I still dug Shopgirl more. Loved the ending. "You don't have to make small talk. I like you already."
Looking for Alaska by John Green. I usually don't read much teen fiction, but it was only four bucks and my friend has been raving about it. Trying not to go in pessimistically buuuut I still don't have the highest hopes. Maybe it's because if I want to hear about teenagers being selfish and drunk and self-destructive I can just eavesdrop on conversations around the high school.
^Dance Dance Dance kinda freaked me out, in the part where they went to Hawaii. But it was prophetic!
I love Murakami's works. Read all I could get my hands on.
I'm reading Monster: Autobiography of an LA gang member
and a trusty Korean dictionary I borrowed from a friend
I love Murakami's works. Read all I could get my hands on.
I'm reading Monster: Autobiography of an LA gang member
and a trusty Korean dictionary I borrowed from a friend
