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I'm trying to get into Japanese lit after reading an Akutagawa short story collection, but really just starting. I've read some Abe, a bit of Murakami, etc. but I'm honestly not even sure where to start with other authors. It's just such a massive undertaking.Dr Scoofles posted:Thanks to this thread I purchased An Artist of the Floating World by Ishiguro, Asleep by Yoshimoto and I re-read Out by Kirino. As much as I adore Ishiguro, I don't know that I would consider him a Japanese writer, at least culturally. He was born and raised in Britain, and has said that his image of Japan was more based on stories than on fact. But he's still a great writer. His books are so layered. If you liked AAoFW, I would highly recommend The Remains Of The Day, arguably his strongest book. Though this is an old post so maybe too late anyway.
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Stravinsky posted:In regards to Mishima, at least to me he always seemed to have to periods in his life. Early on where he felt that he did not live up to what he was supposed to be based on what he felt that society told him to be and then later in life where he felt like he had achieved that, but society suddenly abandoned many of the values he had absorbed and internalized when he was young. It all culminates in the failed coup and his death. That's actually really interesting. Kinda reminds me of An Artist Of The Floating World, where the ever-changing values of society force one to re-evaluate their perspective. Except Mishima was unable to and ended up destroying himself. It sounds like something out of a novel. Currently reading The Ark Sakura, but also just recently finished Silence by Shusaku Endo, which is a really interesting book. Very convincing and vivid, and interesting from a philosophical perspective. As far as books on Christianity go, I'd say Silence is definitely one of the most interesting ones I've ever read.
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