... and maybe by the time you get the 50 posts, we can convince you to vote for Norwegian Wood
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
... and maybe by the time you get the 50 posts, we can convince you to vote for Norwegian Wood
I think I can safely say that anything by Murakami is going to be worth a read.
ooh, i am a huge fan of Banana. You guys should read hers stories. If you are a person thinking about the inside life , spirit... , you should read Kitchen , N.P, and her short stories.
I am not advertising her novels but really i am in love with her writings. I dont know much about the others JApanese writer ^ ^ (oh, i know Haruki Murakami ). So, you guys , i think if you are to know sth cool about one of the writers here, feel free to post ^ ^. We can have posts review some features of these Jap writers , right?
love to love Lit^ ^
Originally Posted by icandoit
I love Banana Yashimoto too, though I've only read Asleep which is excellent. Which is your favourite? I would definitely read more.
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Has night voted yet???
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Nope.
Have you voted yet?
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Come on peeps..Norwegian Wood only has three more votes to win!
Hmm.. wonder if a sub chat could be started for those who wanted to read this?
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I'm waiting to see where my vote will count the most.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
I be new on this forum. I understand I can't vote here - that's okay, I don't really need/want to. But once the votes are in, can I still read participate in the discussions if I read the chosen novel? It sounds like fun, and I've never read any Japanese literature, so I am looking forward to it. (Forgive my newbie questions!)
Of course you can take part in the discussion!
C'mon people, vote for Norwegian Wood!!!
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Vote for Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. It's supposed to be such an interesting book.
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Discussions are open to everyone; having said that, if you manage to gather 50 posts before the end of the month, you can still vote.
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I second that! I've read both Norweigian Wood and Kafka on the Shore and both are good, but Kafka on the Shore is betterVote for Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. It's supposed to be such an interesting book.
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Really? I've read Kafka on the Shore and The wind up bird chronicle by Murakami and I preferred the latter. Kafka was very intriguing but it just lacked that certain something that kept my attention with The wind up bird chronicle.I second that! I've read both Norweigian Wood and Kafka on the Shore and both are good, but Kafka on the Shore is better
I'll probably read Norwegian Wood anyway, since I managed to find it here.
Has anyone read Dance, dance, dance by Murakami?
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
I have Kafka on the Shore translated into Arabic, although I prefer reading it in English. But it does not matter as long as I am participating here for the first time...
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