Japan – The Modern Novel

Maki Kashimada: 六〇〇〇度の愛 (Love at Six Thousand Degrees)

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Post published:25 March 2023
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The latest addition to my website is Maki Kashimada's 六〇〇〇度の愛 (Love at Six Thousand Degrees). This is something of a Japanese response to the film Hiroshima mon amour, scripted by…

Hiromi Ito » とげ抜き新巣鴨地蔵縁起 (The Thorn Puller)

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Post published:9 December 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Hiromi Ito's とげ抜き新巣鴨地蔵縁起 (The Thorn Puller). She calls it a long poem but we might describe it as an autobiographical novel. On…

László Krasznahorkai: Északról hegy, Délről tó, Nyugatról utak, Keletről folyó (A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East)

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Post published:5 November 2022
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The latest addition to my website is László Krasznahorkai's Északról hegy, Délről tó, Nyugatról utak, Keletről folyó (A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the…

Hiroko Oyamada: いたちなく (Weasels in the Attic)

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Post published:1 October 2022
Post category:Fish Japan The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Hiroko Oyamada's いたちなく (Weasels in the Attic). This book consists of three linked stories. In the first the unnamed narrator and his friend…

Hiroko Oyamada: 工場 (The Factory)

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Post published:28 May 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Hiroko Oyamada's 工場 (The Factory)>. We follow the stories of three employees as they go to work at the Factory and are still…

Mieko Kawakami: すべて真夜中の恋人たち (All the Lovers in the Night)

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Post published:5 May 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Mieko Kawakami:'s すべて真夜中の恋人たち (All the Lovers in the Night). Our heroine/narrator is Fuyuko Irie. She is a loner. We learn nothing about her…

Masatsugu Ono: 森のはずれで (At the Edge of the Woods)

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Post published:12 April 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Masatsugu Ono's 森のはずれで (At the Edge of the Woods). An unnamed family - husband, pregnant wife and young son, possibly Japanese - move…

Kōbō Abe: 他人の顔 (The Face of Another)

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Post published:1 September 2021
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The latest addition to my website is Kōbō Abe's 他人の顔 (The Face of Another). Our hero, a plastics engineer, is badly injured in an industrial accident, leaving his face badly…

Eto Mori:カラフル (Colourful)

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Post published:17 July 2021
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The latest addition to my website is Eto Mori's カラフル (Colourful). Our unnamed hero has died but has been informed by his angel guide, Prapura, that he has won the…

Kōbō Abe: 砂の女 (The Woman in the Dunes)

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Post published:5 July 2021
Post category:Entomology Japan Sand The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Kōbō Abe's 砂の女 (The Woman in the Dunes). A Japanese teacher is a keen collector of insects and is always hoping to find…