/lit/ - Literature

>>3019567
Read them all, but thank you.

If you happen to know any more, would be appreciated.

Here's another contribution for others who may be interested.

Is Japanese literature worth reading /lit/?

Pic related, one of the books I'm thinking of reading

What do you think of this, worth the read?

>>2460973

THIS SHORT POETIC TEXT OVER 800 YEARS CERTAINLY FITS THE BILL.

The single great work of literary witness in medieval Japan, Hojoki is a short social chronicle prompted by a series of calamities that overtook old Kyoto in the late 12th century. By building a rude home in the forest and eliminating desire, poet and Buddhist priest Chomei believed he would be spared the anguish that had befallen the townspeople. Yet at the end we find the author consumed with self-doubt, questioning his own sanity and the integrity of his purpose. His voice reaches out from the distant past and speaks directly to our hearts, surprisingly modern and intensely human.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY OF THE ONES I POST ARE EITHER AVAILABLE ON #BOOKZ OR SOME OTHER ONLINE RESOURCE LIKE /LIT/'S JAPAN FOLDER

HOJOKI BY CHOMEI (12TH CENTURY)

A SHORT POETIC WORK DETAILING THE DEVASTATION WITNESSED BY A BUDDHIST HERMIT. WITNESSING FIRES THAT ENGULFED ENTIRE TOWNS, EARTHQUAKES, FAMINE, TYPHOONS AND MORE, THIS CONVINCED CHOMEI THAT HIM LIVING IN ISOLATION WOULD SPARE HIM FROM THE ATROCITIES.

THE ACCOMPANYING IMAGES WORK WELL WITH THE TEXT

EXCERPT FROM THE TEXT:

If you conform to the world
it will bind you hand and foot.

If you do not, then
it will think you mad.

And so the question
where should we live?
And how?

Where to find
a place to rest a while?

And how bring
even short-lived peace
to our hearts?