/lit/ - Literature

Mishima: Spring Snow
Seems rich and vibrant so far but also as if he has set the pacing to be geared towards an epic tetralogy rather than the plot standing on its own feet right now.

McCarthy: Blood Meridian
Confession time, No Country is the only other one of his I have read. The prose is gorgeous if indulgent with a perfect dialogue, description action balance - perfectly immersive.

Last Read:
Dazai, Christmas Time
Truly interesting narrator and a fantastic sense of setting. The level of personality come typical Japanese coldness in his prose is actually pretty comparable to Murakami.

NZer here. Approaching a stranger during the day seems a bit creepy to me, is it really that common? The only time we ever really 'approach' people we don't know is when we're at bars and want a casual root. I don't know anyone who has ever 'gone on a date' here, let alone formed a relationship with someone they met on the street. This is how our relationships work:

>meet male/female in social circle
>have a root (usually while drunk)
>may or may not keep boning in the future (i.e. a relationship)

I'm pretty sure it's like that for everyone here. But maybe my friends and I are just lazy. \o_o/

And to keep it /lit/ related, the pic is of what I'm reading right now.

Yukio Mishima! Has anyone else read him? Spring Snow manages to be a beautiful love story and a commentary on the Westernisation of Japan at the same time.