August / Japan Reading Poll

[Scheherazade]

Please nominate the Japanese books you would like to read in August in this thread by June 30th.


Book Club Procedures

This poll will end on July 31!

Some information on the books:

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto

Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata

Silence by Shusaku Endo

Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima

The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Kangaroo Notebook by Kobo Abe

The Broken Commandment Tozon Shimazaki

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

[ggeneraux]

I have a beautiful unabridged version of The Tale of Genji that's been waiting patiently on my bookshelf for two years. I don't think it's readable in one month, however.

[sofia82]

Great idea as i did not read anything from Japanese literature, I wait for others suggestions as I do not know about this.

[Virgil]

Oh, I have Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami just waiting to be read. That's what I nominate.

[thelastmelon]

I'd like to nominate the novel Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto.

[Nossa]

Oh, I have Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami just waiting to be read. That's what I nominate.

You beat it me to it I thought that since it didn't work out in the summer read I'd try my luck here lol

[NickAdams]

I nominate Yasunari Kawabata's Palm-of-the-Hand Stories.

I have a beautiful unabridged version of The Tale of Genji that's been waiting patiently on my bookshelf for two years. I don't think it's readable in one month, however.

I want to open my copy too, but it is such a great commitment. One day ...

[ggeneraux]

Oh, I have Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami just waiting to be read. That's what I nominate.

After reading the blurb on Amazon, I'll second this nomination. The descrpition of the first part of the book reminds me a bit of Musui's Story, by Katsu Kokichi, which could be another option.

Edit:
In my excitement to have found this site I jumped right in before reading the procedures. Many apologizes from the exuberant newbie.

[_Shannon_]

I'd like to nominateSilence by Shusaku Endo. SItting next to me here, staring at me from my -To Be Read- pile.

http://www.amazon.com/Silence-Shusak.../dp/0800871863

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami just waiting to be read. That's what I nominate.

2. Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto.

3. Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata

4. Silence by Shusaku Endo

In my excitement to have found this site I jumped right in before reading the procedures. Many apologizes from the exuberant newbie.

That is quite alright, gg! Welcome to the Forum!

If you visit the Games section, you can increase your post count in no time.

[motherhubbard]

Oh, I have Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami just waiting to be read. That's what I nominate.

After reading the blurb on Amazon, I'll second this nomination. The descrpition of the first part of the book reminds me a bit of Musui's Story, by Katsu Kokichi, which could be another option.

Edit:
In my excitement to have found this site I jumped right in before reading the procedures. Many apologizes from the exuberant newbie.

That means that I get to second it and I really wanted to! go to the games gg!

[JBI]

Has anyone read Mishima? I have been told by multiple people that his work is excellent, however I have no clue where to start.

edit: after doing a little googling it seems that his tetralogy The Sea of Fertility is his highest regarded work, and therefore the most easily obtainable in translation. So, I guess I nominate the first one, Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima

[TheFifthElement]

I've already read Kafka on the Shore, not my favourite of Murakami's books though it is very good.

JBI: I've read The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Mishima and it was very good. If you like the style of Japanese fiction then I'd have thought you'd like Mishima.

I'd like to nominate The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe which is sitting on my shelf waiting to be read

[Pyrrho]

I'd like to nominate 'The Wind-up Bird Chronicle' by Haruki Murakami. (Am I allowed to nominate a novel by an author that has already been nominated with another work? I'm sorry to ask but this is my first nomination.)

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

2. Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto.

3. Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata

4. Silence by Shusaku Endo

5. Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima

6. The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe

7. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

(Am I allowed to nominate a novel by an author that has already been nominated with another work?

Yes, you are.