Eli K.P. William
Just finished the title novella Kamogawa Runner. Told in the second person, this is the story of an American man modelled on the author who discovers himself through studying Japanese and settling in Japan. Khezrnejat's facility with the language is astounding! #exophonic #literature #japanese

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Show threadEli K.P. WilliamMar 18
The premise is identical to that of Hideo Levy's 1992 debut novel A Room Where The Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard, but Khezrnejat updates it for the early 21st century and executes it with his own prose style and eye for detail.
Show threadEli K.P. WilliamMar 18
Although my path to Japan was quite different from Khezrnejat's, I related to many of his experiences, and I suspect that anyone who was drawn to live here by a fascination with the Japanese language will feel the same way. He may have captured something universal about that experience.