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Japanese literature Anonymous Sun Feb 27 20:43:48 2011 No.1590656 [Reply] [Original]

I would like some recommendations for japanese books available in english.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 20:47:48 2011 No.1590661 File: 125 KB, 495x437, 1298170640308.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] dont mind me

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 20:49:48 2011 No.1590664 File: 2.84 MB, 1900x4194, 1276577235824.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 20:50:48 2011 No.1590666 File: 1.76 MB, 2700x2450, 100 works of Japanese lit organized.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Looking for any specific type, OP?

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 20:52:48 2011 No.1590670 >>1590666 Good list. Never seen this one posted before.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 20:54:48 2011 No.1590673 Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe Fires on the Plain by Ooka Shohei Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 20:57:48 2011 No.1590679 >>1590670 No, any type is fine. I just feel a need for more japanese literature. Thanks for all the lists and suggestions.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 20:58:48 2011 No.1590680 >>1590679 Which are you already familiar with?

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 21:02:48 2011 No.1590686 >>1590679 Just Natsume Soseki, Eji Yoshikawa and Osamu Dazai

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 21:02:48 2011 No.1590687 >>1590666 Of this list, I've read and recommend Tales of Moonlight and Rain(Ueda Akinari), and The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea(Yukio Mishima)

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 22:32:48 2011 No.1590961 bump

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 22:34:48 2011 No.1590964 Tale of Genji yo.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 27 22:49:48 2011 No.1591006 Try the two Murakamis. Haruki and Ryu.