The beginning of Botchan is truly comedic. I found myself laughing out loud at his childish exploits. However, Botchan as an adult is less humorous and less of the adult you would expect him to be. I thought he was going to be quite mischievous, when in fact he tries to be a mainstream responsible a...
Sanshiro is the story of the titular character's time in Tokyo as a university student and the relationships he develops. Sanshiro is a naive, country boy, out of place in the ego-centric, increasingly Westernized Tokyo. There isn't a particular plot that is tying everything together: Sanshiro is a ...
akhir novel ini kayak diputuskan dengan tiba-tiba dan bikin saya mikir "udah gitu doang?!!". berasa ditinggal tidur pas lagi bercinta. tapi makian-makian tokoh utamanya cukup inovatif. banyak bagian yang lucu. guru beli dango aja diributin. botchan idealis grumpy. kayaknya gak asing.. mirip kaca.
Bizarre and surrealistic tales about dreams. Short, so you can read it in one go. I really, really, really wanted to like this book, but I couldn't. I didn't even enjoy it. Something has been lost in translation, perhaps?
You like Japan? Read Natsume Soseki.I hope I don't sound racist when I recommend this to people who like that "Japanese melancholic vibe" as if all Japanese people are morose or anything. I grew up loving anime, and if you are familiar with anime, you'll know anime is weird but hilarious all the sam...
Kokoro is a heavy novel. The true story lies with Sensei, and his part is elaborated in the third part. This is a story about loneliness, trust, family loyalty, traditions, and so much more. The ending is depressing! Life is too for that matter, and the feelings and thoughts of Sensei are intensely ...
The story is told in the first person by an unnamed man looking back on his friendship with an older man he calls Sensei. Our narrator during the time of the retrospective is a young guileless man who is student living in Tokyo away from his parents and living a life apart from them without any fo...
Avviso: io sono un'avida lettrice degli scrittori giapponesi. La Yoshimoto, ovviamente, sta al primo posto della classifica. Altri li sto scoprendo man mano, come Soseki Natsume.Bellissimo, divertente, ironico questo libro, raccontato dal punto di vista...del gatto! che ne è anche protagonista.Sosek...
a J-lit classic that "everybody has read," considered foundational in some ways to modern Japanese identity, yet understandably has lost a little bit of its gleam in our more stimulus-focused, self-centered world. a character that embodied everything about pre-war values / egoism vs. group issue to ...
It's funny but I find myself returning to Japanese literature if I've been either feeling unsettled in my reading or life. It makes a great palate cleanser for me. This is also a return to this book. The first time I read it I was far from being in the right place to appreciate it and only read abou...
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