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I Am a Japanese Writer
I Am a Japanese Writer: A Novel | Dany Laferrière
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A devilishly intelligent new novel by the internationally bestselling author and Prix Médicis winner A black writer from Montreal has found the perfect title for his next book I Am a Japanese Writer. His publisher loves it and gives him an advance. The problem is, he can't seem to write a word of it. He nurses his writer's block by taking baths, re-reading the Japanese poet Basho and engaging in amorous intrigues with rising pop star Midori. The book, still unwritten, becomes a cult phenomenon in Japan, and the writer an international celebrity. A Japanese writer publishes a book called I Am a Malagasy Writer. Even the Japanese consulate is intrigued. Our hero is delighted--until things start to go wrong. Part postmodern fantasy, part Kafkaesque nightmare and part travelogue to the inner reaches of the self, I Am a Japanese Writer calls into question everything we think we know about what-and who-makes a work of art
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SqueakyChu
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Yeah. It would be great for all writers to get publicity before the first word of any book is written. This is a satire about a famous book of which only the title has been written. This book is growing on me. 😃 P.S. This book has already been written as I‘m reading it now. 😂

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SqueakyChu
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I‘m not really sure what to think of this book. I picked it up at a #LittleFreeLibrary. It attracted me because I thought it was about a #Japanese writer. It‘s not! It‘s about a #black #Haitian author who lives in #Montreal! More later...after I decide if I like this book or not. It has a very low star rating on #LibraryThing, but it definitely has some bright spots, especially its sardonic #humor.