I agree with >>2 and >>4 I'm reading Norwegian Wood at the moment.
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Anonymous2006-06-13 17:48
that ye olde story, Kokoro.
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Anonymous2006-06-16 5:54
>>12
Signed, Murakami is fucking amazing. Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Hard-Boiled Wonderland (etc) and Kafka on the Shore are definitely my favorites. He's probably my favorite writer, and I'm picky.
>>15 here
In case anyone knows any other classics of Japanese literature (not counting the obvious ones like Genji Monogatari etc.) please post.
Thanks.
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Anonymous2006-06-18 3:41
Thousand Cranes, one of the best post war japanese novels ever written.
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Anonymous2006-06-19 19:41
seconding souseki. also, secret rendezvous by kobo abe
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Anonymous2006-06-20 0:32 (sage)
OOOO-RIII-AAAA-BOOO
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Anonymous2006-06-20 1:37
Confessions of a Yakuza, by Saga
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Anonymous2006-06-21 11:09
Yukio Mishima.
Only an insane homosexual communist bodybuilder could make the everyday so poetically beautiful.
I'm currently re-reading Hard-Boiled. It's amazing, even after the third time around. 100% concur on this. Go after Haruki Murakami. If you have trouble diving into books, check out his short stories first. "The Elephant Vanishes" is quite good and it will lead you nicely into his longer stories as some of the passages in it later became full novels.
/j.
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Anonymous2006-06-23 3:58
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto :3
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Anonymous2006-07-10 2:55
Memoirs of a Geisha, Kafka of the Shore<_< strangest book ever...
Jihaku...If YOU LIKE Jrocker Gackt Camui.
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Anonymous2006-07-10 19:18
haruhi
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Anonymous2006-07-10 19:29
Hard-Boiled Wonderland is awesome, espec. after watching Haibane Renmei!
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Anonymous2006-07-12 7:02
>>21
I've been meaning to give Mishima a try after seeing him mentioned in some Ghost in the Shell articles (yeah, I know how horrible that sounds). His life seemed pretty... interesting, at least according to what I read on Wikipedia (lol Wikipedia).
Which work of his would you recommend for starters, and what translation?
I tried reading it (having seen Haibane Renmei) and got about halfway through it before realizing I was bored as hell. Was I reading it wrong or something? Everyone else loves it.