The New YorkerWhy a Woman Would Rather Love a Statue Than a Man
Julia S.TWO INTERTWINED THRILLERS, one set in the near past and one in the near future, are high-adrenaline pageturners that also serve as meditations on identity, perception, the power of technology, and Japan’s place in the world. Thoughtful fun. A MINUS
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Seesaw Monster: A Novel|Hardcover
From the international bestselling author of Bullet Train, two inventive espionage tales in one “Isaka’s style is tense, laden with dark humor expressed with a flat affect—just the right tone for a book that walks the fine line between comedy and violence.” —New...
AM CorbettAnother borrowbox read, again from Japan (I've read a few of Yoko Ogawa's, Revenge a book of short stories is a favourite). Her translator is a regular on the Japanese literary translation scene I think.
T R Shankar Raman (has moved)A bit late for #caturday but ... Here's a cat and a copycat. ;)
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wThank you @pon0020 for introducing this author to me. I hope to read her work in English one day.
Sao Ichikawa is a disabled author who recently won Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize for literature for her book “Hanchibakku” (The hunchback).
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14961547
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