Japanese Literature Challenge 17

JAPANESE LITERATURE CHALLENGE 17

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This year I plan on participating in Dolce Bellezza's ~for literary and translated literature~ blog's Japanese Literature Challenge which is in its 17th year. It is a reading challenge that occurs in January and February of 2023 only, and the idea is pretty straightforward. Read as many books as you like in those two months. (Even if that is ”only” one.) Make sure the work was originally written in Japanese. Choose from classic to contemporary works, whatever appeals to you.

Last year was a bust for me on this challenge so I'm going to try to read and review as many as I can this time around.

Here are my choices:

The Detective Kaga / Kyoichiro Kaga series by Kunihiko Hidaka
Malice
Newcomer
A Death in Tokyo
The Final Curtain

Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, #3) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

Penance by Hiromi Kawakami