June is here, (and almost gone) school is over and what can be better than one of my favorite challenges...? The Japanese Literature Challenge, hosted by Bellezza here. I have lost count of the years I joined the other readers who love (or are about to love) Japanese literature, but for this summer, I have planned to read two great books.
The first one is by my favorite Japanese writer, Haruki Murakami and his non-fiction book written in 2015 "Meseria de romancier" ("The Novelist as a profession", not yet translated into English), published in 2016 by Polirom in the collection dedicated to him. The book contains 12 essays on what it means to be a writer and I am so eager to discover his take on this job and the advice he gives in order to become a successful novelist.
The second one is a Japanese thriller, "Malice", by Keigo Higashino (called the Japanese Stieg Larsson), written in 1996 and translated into English in 2014. The book belongs to the Police Detective Kaga series, including 9 other novels. It is going to be my first book by Higashino, well -known in Japan for his mystery novels. "Malice" is supposed to be a book which exploits murderous feelings and the reasons why a murder is committed, rather than the killer who did it. This definitely sounds interesting for a summer read!
2 comments:
Well, my friend, you know how I love Murakami! And I'm so happy/envious you get this book of his not translated into English yet! Higashino is also so fabulous! I'll have to look for Malice, as I haven't read that one yet. Great picks! Thanks for telling us about them, and for joining. xo
I am always happy to join this challenge. I think I chose Malice because of the beautiful cover. 40 pages into the novel I can say it was a good choice :) As for Murakami, I guess someone from this publishing house is quite a big fan of his work, translating his books before other countries such as the US. I am quite pleased with their choice :) Happy reading!
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