I think it has something to do with its effect on the generation during the time period of the book, but mostly the generation that comes after. A lot of authors who wrote what we now considered "classics" lived to see little praise of their works. I suppose it's not only about writing a great sto...
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A little unbelievable that no one has mentioned this but... Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Soseki Natsume, the father of Japanese literature. Though if you want someone more contemporary, I think everyone has pretty much combed through the rather short list of extremely popular translated Japanese authors...
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Currently reading Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim. It's kind of devastating.
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