Sunday, 1 February 2015

Tony's Reading List is on the move!

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Many of you will already have heard about this by now, but after just over six years of blogging Tony's Reading List is on the move! ...
Saturday, 31 January 2015

'The Strange Library' by Haruki Murakami (Review)

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I thought that I had my January in Japan reading fairly well regulated this year, a mixture of library choices, review copies and shelf d...
Thursday, 29 January 2015

'N.P.' by Banana Yoshimoto (Review)

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As we head towards the end of the third January in Japan , I've been looking back at all the posts I've written for the event over...
Tuesday, 27 January 2015

'The Whale that Fell in Love with a Submarine' by Akiyuki Nosaka (Review)

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When I first heard that Pushkin Children's Books were bringing out a Japanese title in February, I was keen to get my hands on a copy...
Sunday, 25 January 2015

'The Tale of the Heike', translated by Royall Tyler (Review)

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Having only recently explored the mythical origins of the Japanese people , you would have thought I'd spend the rest of January in Ja...
Thursday, 22 January 2015

'Grass on the Wayside' by Natsume Sōseki (Review)

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It wouldn't be January in Japan without looking at a book by the great Natsume S ō seki , and today's choice is one I've had ...
Tuesday, 20 January 2015

'Masks' by Fumiko Enchi (Review)

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Today's post looks at another of my January in Japan finds at the university library (as can be seen from the unfortunate placing of ...
Sunday, 18 January 2015

'The Hunting Gun' by Yasushi Inoue (Review)

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After starting their expansion into Japanese literature with a collection of Ryu Murakami books last year, Pushkin Press went a little m...
Thursday, 15 January 2015

'Manazuru' by Hiromi Kawakami (Review)

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Today's post sees my review of the first of the two January in Japan group reads, and while the writer is very familiar, the book its...