Sunday, June 1, 2014
Japanese Literature Challenge - 2014
I have been looking forward to this challenge since February, when Tony's reading challenge "January in Japan" ended and it seems I can't stay away from Japanese literature for long, and why would I? It is so different from other types of literature, enchanting and introspective, hesitant and modest, yet strangely powerful.
I am sure I will be reading more than three books for this challenge, but for a start, I decided to spend my summer with the ones mentioned in the collage. I will be expecting Ryu Murakami's book "Almost Transparent Blue" to take me by surprise, just the way the others did; Endo's book "When I Whisle" is listed as his "most unusual" one so, that should be an interesting read and Kawabata' s "Beauty and Sadness" is considered a "beautiful drawing of love and revenge" by Time Magazine. I will definitely write down my thoughts on this one :)
Hello summer! Hello Japanese Literature! Thank you, Bellezza, for hosting this challenge!
Oh, Ally, first let me say how happy i am that you'll be reading with me. Then what lovely books you've selected! I read Ryu Murakami's book Piercing last year, but not the one you have here. I'm not even sure which Kawabata books I have, but I'll look for Beauty and Sadness. Can't wait to share more literature with you!
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't read Kawabata's book, then we could read it together :) Oh, I forgot to mention I will start learning some basic Japanese, as a summer goal and because I think it will be fun, fun and smart :)
ReplyDeleteBack to wish you happy end of school thoughts. xo
ReplyDeleteI saw your last comment only now, it was waiting to be moderated, but it did not get into my mail, strange... Yaaay! I am on holiday and even if I still have a few school related issues to solve, it feels good to sleep, read and go to the gym all day long :)
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