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anushareflects
After the Quake: Stories | Haruki Murakami
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Classic Murakami with strange occurrences, literary references, and a certain mood that can only be set by Murakami. This book is a set of short stories all inspired by / surrounding one of the biggest earthquakes that occurred in Japan in 1995. The narration on Audible is fantastic! Quirky, engrossing stories. Thoroughly enjoyable.

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AroundTheBookWorld
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pdxannie
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This book reads like YA fiction, which isn‘t bad, but not what I have come to expect from translated Japanese. It‘s simple writing, but it is absolutely charming and I almost want a copy for myself just for the recipes.

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stretchkev
Gold Rush | Miri Yu
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A brutal, unflinching dive into the psyche of a teenage boy unraveling amid the violence and neglect of Yokohama‘s slum. Stark and relentless, it‘s a haunting portrait of innocence lost and a society in decay, and pretty well written too.

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pdxannie
Lizard | Banana Yoshimoto, Ann Sherif
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It‘s no Kitchen but I don‘t regret reading it. I didn‘t connect with the short stories as I hoped I would but that could be because Kitchen left me with unreasonable expectations.

I love that she dedicated the American version to Kurt Cobain.

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Catgirl1224
Ring | Koji Suzuki, Robert B. Rohmer, Glynne Walley
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Say you had 7 days to find out how to stop a curse from killing you. How would you do it? Would you waste time or would you do the obvious way to stop it. What would be the obvious way to stop it? Well. You might not want to watch the tape in the first place. I say give this book a chance. There‘s a twist I didn‘t see coming and the characters aren‘t great. But the mystery aspect is pretty solid.

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charl08
Murder at Mount Fuji | Shizuko Natsuki
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What the @#£% happened at the end? Is there another one? Does Jane meet him again?

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charl08
Murder at Mount Fuji | Shizuko Natsuki
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Through the windshield of the car they could see the forests of bare trees dusted lightly with snow, and towering above them, the gloriously white peak of Mt. Fuji. Miraculously, the peak was not hidden by clouds and the entire mountain was visible. As the car approached Lake Yamanaka, they looked directly at the eastern slope of Mt. Fuji; viewed from here.... the whole mountain seemed dignified and resolute

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charl08
Murder at Mt. Fuji | Shizuko Natsuki
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Everyone loves Chiyo, thought Jane, and yet, I wonder if she isn't the loneliest one of all.

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Chavelafab
The Waiting Years | Fumiko Enchi
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I loved that 📕 by one of Japan‘s most famous female writers. The co-existence of four women (wife servants concubines etc) in a bourgeois family during the Meiji area. The interactions are observed and described with minutiae giving the main characters a deep humanity. Very beautiful and delicately written. The ending was a stark contrast (no spoilers).