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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

JAPAN: Essential Reading for Japanophiles

The Japan Times has started a regular book review column on "Essential Reading for Japanophiles".  Below are links to the book reviews so far:

     "The Pornographers" by Akiyuki Nozaka

     "Snow Country" by Yasunari Kawabata 

     "The Tattoo Murder Case" by Akimitsu Takagi

     "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu

      
"The Setting Sun" by Osamu Dazai 

     "Naomi" by Junichiro Tanizaki

      "Coin Locker Babies" by Ryu Murakami

     "Snakes and Earrings" by Hitomi Kanehara

      "Botchan" by Natsume Soseki

     "Kitchen" by Banana Yoshimoto

Stay tuned for future updates . . .

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