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Haruki Murakami: hands down my favorite author, Japanese or not. Can't get enough of him. His writing really speaks to me like no other author is able to (or at least his English-translations). For me, there's reading, and then there's reading Murakami. Kafka On The Shore and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle are probably his two most popular works, alongside Norwegian Wood. South of The Border, West of the Sun and A Wild Sheep Chase are also great introductions to Murakami. Actually, read anything (and everything) he's written. Ryu Murakami: also fantastic. I've only read In The Miso Soup (good) and Almost Transparent Blue (amazing), but I'm really looking forward to reading more stuff by him. Pretty bizarre/macabre stuff, usually featuring less-than glamorous parts of society and gritty themes (i.e. prostitution, drug use, violence). Banana Yoshimoto: Read a short story collection of hers last year (Lizard?). Probably too chick-lit for my tastes, and not as talented either of the Murakamis, but not bad. Kobo Abe: I've only read The Box Man. Interesting novel, totally see the comparisons to Kafka. I'm really looking forward to reading some Mishima and Ishiguro soon. Japanese literature has probably accounted for 75%+ of the stuff I've been reading for the past couple years. Great genre. Market Fresh fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Feb 17, 2010 |
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