Yōko Ogawa: 博士の愛した数式 (The Housekeeper and the Professor)
The latest addition to my website is Yōko Ogawa's 博士の愛した数式 (The Housekeeper and the Professor). This is a delightful novel about a single mother, uneducated housekeeper, who goes to work…
Naoya Shiga: 暗夜行路 (A Dark Night’s Passing)
The latest addition to my website is Naoya Shiga's 暗夜行路 (A Dark Night’s Passing). This novel, written in the I-novel style, is a semi-autobiographical/confessional novel about Kensaku Tokito, a would-be…
Fumiko Enchi: 女面 (Masks)
The latest addition to my website is Fumiko Enchi's 女面 (Masks). This is a beautifully written book about masks (both real and figurative ones) as well as about various other…
Shūsaku Endō: 沈黙 (Silence)
The latest addition to my website is Shūsaku Endō's 沈黙 (Silence). This novel is set in the early seventeenth century, when Japan had forcibly clamped down on Christianity. The religion…
Masahiko Shimada: 雁 (夢使い (Dream Messenger)
The latest addition to my website is Masahiko Shimada's 雁 (夢使い (Dream Messenger). This one could have been a good book but did not work for me, not least because…