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• DanBC · Sep 18, 2018 · Recommends

  I enjoyed "Out" by Natsuo Kirino. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_(novel)

  on “Haruki Murakami Introduces the Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories” ↗
• closetkantian · Apr 25, 2024 · Recommends

  There are hundreds of great ones, but Tale of Genji (classic), The Master of Go (amazing if you like the board game Go), Coin Locker Babies (Ryu Murkami > Haruki Murkami), Out by Natsuo Kirino.

  on “No one buys books” ↗
• resoluteteeth · Jun 21, 2018 · Mentions

  …contemporary America literature and culture." Haruki Murakami has lots of obsessive fans, but he has had almost zero influence on Japanese literature or culture because nobody other than his rabid fans cares about his writing. > Japan’s current literary and cultural scene takes in “light novels”, brisk narratives that lean heavily on sentimentality and romance and often feature visuals drawn from manga-style aesthetics,…

  on “Japanese Writing After Murakami” ↗
• cy0 · Nov 26, 2024 · Mentions

  …is very different as well with most of these novels not having a true setting > rising action > climax > falling action style plot like American literature tends to have. The books often just end without much resolution at all. Probably the biggest reason I've been reading them though is that I'm just tired of "young adult" books that have so much popularity here in America. It's like a tag you can throw…

  on “Surrealism, cafes and lots of cats: why Japanese fiction is booming” ↗