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Tokyo Express by SeichΕ Matsumoto
Tokyo Express presents its readers with an intriguing set-up that is somewhat let-down by the story giving away too much too soon. The premise made me think that this would be a whodunnit with some noir undertones, but it soon became apparent that the mystery driving the narrative was more of the whydunnit variety. There…
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
This is the second work that Iβve read by Yukio Mishima and Iβm afraid to say that, unlike Star, I found an unappealing read. I was expecting the story to focus on Noboru Kuroda and the gang of boys he hangs out with but most of the narrative is dedicated to the romantic & sexual…
1950s, 1960s, 2 STARS, 3rd pov, Adult, ALIENATION, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, CLASSICS, japan, JAPANESE AUTHOR, japanese classics, LGBTQ+ Author, male authors, My reviews, published in 1963, read in 2021, reading, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, TRANSLATED FICTION, violence, Yukio Mishima -
The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai
In The Setting Sun Osamu Dazai captures a nation in transition. Set during the early postwar years Japan this novella is centred on an aristocratic family fallen on hard times. Kazuko, our narrator, and her fragile mother who are forced to move to the countryside and give up their family home. Gentile Kazuko has no…
1940s, 1st pov, 20th century, 3 STARS, ALIENATION, aristocracy, books about writers, class, CLASSICS, cultural dissonance, existentialism, family, japan, JAPANESE AUTHOR, japanese classics, male authors, modern classics, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, Osamu Dazai, philosophical, published in 1947, read in 2020, siblings, suicide, The Setting Sun, TRANSLATED FICTION, war, WWII
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