Nicholas WhyteJun 23, 2024
The best known books set in each country: Japan
Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden
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The best known books set in each country: Japan

Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden

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Nicholas WhyteJun 13, 2024
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
This is a searing and vivid piece of journalism, in which the stories of six victims of the Hiroshima bomb are told in detail.
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Hiroshima, by John Hersey

This is a searing and vivid piece of journalism, in which the stories of six victims of the Hiroshima bomb are told in detail.

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Nicholas WhyteFeb 13, 2024
Strawberry and the Soul Reapers, by Tite Kubo
Ichigo Kurosaki, a kid with red hair (unusual in Japan), is drawn into a grand supernatural battle.
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Strawberry and the Soul Reapers, by Tite Kubo

Ichigo Kurosaki, a kid with red hair (unusual in Japan), is drawn into a grand supernatural battle.

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Nicholas WhyteNov 17, 2023

Life Ceremony, by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
Second paragraph of third chapter (English version, haven't been able to locate the Japanese original):

Yoshiko had just turned seventy-five. She had never had sex and hadn’t kissed anyone either. She had never even once had intercourse with her older husband, who had died five
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Life Ceremony, by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori

Second paragraph of third chapter (English version, haven’t been able to locate the Japanese original): Yoshiko had just turned seventy-five. She had never had sex and hadn’t kissed anyone ei…

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