I recently read a book "Paradise" by Koji Suzuki and it was quite refreshing, so I'm interested about your experience with Japanese books.
2007-01-31 05:05:38 · 6 answers · asked by pookie 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Yukio Mishima is great, but quite dark.
There is also a lesser known author named Banana Yoshimoto (Not sure why Banana...) who wrote a very good short novel called "Kitchen" that is worth reading.
2007-01-31 05:10:44 · answer #1 · answered by Kaoso 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely recommend a previous answerer's pick, Haruki Murakami. Although my favorite works are _Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World_ and _The Wind-up Bird Chronicle_.
I also recommend novelist Junichiro Tanizaki. His novel _Naomi_ is quite absorbing and worth reading.
2007-01-31 06:43:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soseki Natsume & Mishima are the two "classic" eastern authors. Banana Yoshimoto & Haruki Murakami are greater cutting-part. for my section do not probable care lots for eastern literature, yet they have gained an surprising form of international awards. savour!
2016-10-16 09:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by carris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haruki Murakami. Very luminous minimalist prose. And his fiction touches on human isolation/intimacy, distance, and self-imposed alienation in love. In short, his works are coldly erotic. I'd recommend "Beauty and Sadness" and "House of Sleeping Beauties". Or "Snow Country".
2007-01-31 05:18:16 · answer #4 · answered by Aleck 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ive read The Kitchen too by Banana Yoshimoto, Its about losing someone through death.
try : OUT by Natsuo Kirino. Ive read it and am hooked pacing on every page! :)
2007-01-31 05:18:33 · answer #5 · answered by shanekeavy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's not strictly Japanese, but I love Kazuo Ishiguro's books.
2007-01-31 05:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋