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Book review : Books from Japan
#JapanLit : Joy of Routine, A Strange Love Story & A Dystopian Tale

2018 has been exceptionally kind because almost all books…

Book review: Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenwan
Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenwan is a delightful read of quiet agony

Delightful? That is probably the wrong title. How can agony be delightful? It …

Book Review: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee – Immigrants Trying to Survive in a Hostile Japan

Pachinko is a multi generational saga that throws light into the plight of immigrants of Korean…

Book Review : Men without Women by Haruki Murakami
Men Without Women : A ‘Murakami-esque’ collection about loneliness, men and women

Men Without Women is a collection of seven short stories by Murakami, translated …

The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
Book Review : The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami

Nakano thrift shop is a quaint shop that sells second hand goods. The …

book cover japan fiction the housekeeper and professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa – Friendship, Numbers and Memories

An unlikely friendship develops between a housekeeper, her employer, a Mathematics Professor who has …

Book Review : The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Book Review : The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

A cat disappears. A marriage trembles with secrets. Phone calls from an unknown woman, visits from psychic…

Book Review : The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
Book Review : The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

A single mom and her child are under the radar because of a murder. If the truth …

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Book Review: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood is a love story set in 1960s in Japan. The book is about the complexities of love, death, mental illness, suicide and the struggle of the characters to get past tragedies in their lives and find happiness …