Not human japanese book1/8/2024 ![]() ![]() (Taken from our Author Spotlight on Yasunari Kawabata) The Silent Cry by Kenzaburo Oe If you know anything about Japanese literature, you’ll know that Kawabata penned some of the best Japanese books of all time, and Snow Country may be his finest work. ![]() It reaches a harmony in the way the final image of the novel is of a brilliant moon hanging above that same night sky and illuminating the shocking climax. Kawabata’s sparse yet wholly poetic opening is a masterstroke of foreshadowing in a novel that will confront the relationship between art, beauty, lust and love, in a near ethereal landscape, shown through a fragmented and sometimes drunken narration in which the main character finds himself unable to truly feel present and real before the beautiful geisha he has an affair with. Many of his novels have the feel of a bell chime, opening with a loaded image that continues to resound throughout the rest of the story before drawing to a close with the final pages of the book.įor example, in his most famous work, Snow Country, the novel opens with a train ride through the mountainous countryside in which the narrator, staring out the window, superimposes the reflected face of a beautiful female passenger onto the darkening night sky and landscape outside. If you want to stay up-to-date with the best new Japanese books every year, we’ve got you covered! Here, you’ll find twelve genres of Japanese literature, each with at least two unique Japanese book recommendations from us personally. If you’ve always wondered where to start with Japanese literature, especially if you usually prefer a specific genre like romance, mystery, or fantasy, this guide to Japanese fiction will help you find the perfect book for you, whatever the genre. Whether you’re looking for literary fiction, Japanese horror books, or Japanese mystery novels, you’ll find a few new favourites here amongst some of the best Japanese books of all time. Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn.Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami.At the End of the Matinee by Keiichiro Hirano.An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro.The Last Children of Tokyo by Yoko Tawada.My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Kabi Nagata.My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame.Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata.All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami.Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada.The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji.The Beast Player & The Beast Warrior by Nahoko Uehashi.The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura.What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami. ![]()
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