http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/01/19/finished-japanese-lit-challenge/ An Aussie girl living in Tokyo with her Japanese boyfriend trying to make sense of her crazy yet funny Japanese life... Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:13:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/01/19/finished-japanese-lit-challenge/#comment-1145 tanabata Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:10:38 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/01/19/finished-japanese-lit-challenge/#comment-1145 A nice assortment of books. I feel exactly the same way about Snow Country. I wondered how much was lost to translation and think I really need to read it again. I'll have to read The Bells of Nagasaki sometime. I've been wanting to visit Hiroshima for awhile. Hopefully this will be the year. A nice assortment of books. I feel exactly the same way about Snow Country. I wondered how much was lost to translation and think I really need to read it again. I’ll have to read The Bells of Nagasaki sometime. I’ve been wanting to visit Hiroshima for awhile. Hopefully this will be the year.

]]> http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/01/19/finished-japanese-lit-challenge/#comment-1144 Bellezza Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:23:29 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2008/01/19/finished-japanese-lit-challenge/#comment-1144 Congratulations on your completion! I, too, read Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. I was amazed at the powerful way she addressed sorrow, especially at such a young age. Surely, she must have experienced something tragic in her own life to have been able to address it so well in this novel. I'm looking forward to Snow Country by Kawabata. I am assauged to hear you say that sometimes things seem lost in the translation, or that Japanese writing is "a little weird", because I've often felt that way myself. It would be great to take a class in this style because I know so little about it. So, you're the fourth person to complete the challenge, and I'm very happy that you took it on! I hope it was fulfilling for you as well. Congratulations on your completion! I, too, read Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. I was amazed at the powerful way she addressed sorrow, especially at such a young age. Surely, she must have experienced something tragic in her own life to have been able to address it so well in this novel. I’m looking forward to Snow Country by Kawabata. I am assauged to hear you say that sometimes things seem lost in the translation, or that Japanese writing is “a little weird”, because I’ve often felt that way myself. It would be great to take a class in this style because I know so little about it. So, you’re the fourth person to complete the challenge, and I’m very happy that you took it on! I hope it was fulfilling for you as well.

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