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:
I am so glad you’re going to try again this year! The books you have chosen were all well enjoyed by me, particularly Death in Tokyo and Before the Coffee Gets Cold. I never imagined there would be several more after Before The Coffee Gets Cold, but it is such an interesting premise…Penance was disturbing, but so riveting. I do hope you like what you read, Karen.
ReplyDeleteI have really enjoyed the previous 2 in the "Before" series and Minato's Confession as well.
DeleteSnow Country is such a classic, probably my favourite Kawabata. And I really like the Detective Kaga series.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to getting to all these at some point!
DeleteI am listening to Before the Memory Fades for this challenge as well
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