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A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it 8 years ago
For such a tiny, tiny book, 'The Boy in the Earth' takes a long time to develop, but when it does....Our narrator is a taxi-driver in Tokyo, a job he fell into because he likes the solitude and lack of intimacy. He's depressed and his suicidal thoughts are getting worse and he has dreams of being sw...
Book Life is Real Life
Book Life is Real Life rated it 10 years ago
Schoolgirl chronicles a day in a life of a Japanese girl. It's a first person narration full of angst, snark and minute observations. From a casual mention of a war, it's fair to assume that the story took place in the early 1940s, but it really doesn't matter, because she could well be just another...
brilliant years
brilliant years rated it 12 years ago
Hiromi Kawakami's The Briefcase was a 'readalong' for January in Japan. Kawakami isn't an author I had read or heard of before this event, so I was excited to get started. I have always been a bit more partial to modern Japanese literature compared to, especially, pre-WWII literature (which also has...
jbarrett5 book reviews, etc
jbarrett5 book reviews, etc rated it 13 years ago
Pop-Up Cards Over 50 Designs for Cards That Fold, Flap, Spin, and Slide by Mari KumadaISBN: 9781611800043 You don't need to know a lot to make beautiful cards. This book not only shows you how to spruce up a card but make them in different styles.Best part is you can make them 3d, pop-up to really...
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