/lit/ - Literature

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2020104]

I've started reading some Japanese Literature lately and am looking for more recommendations.

In the last week or so I have read The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murukami.

I have bought one more novel by each of these authors, Forbidden Colours and After Dark.

I adored both of the novels that I read especially The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Would you recommend me any more by these authors or possibly any other authors? I'd really appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.2020115]

Go ahead and finish Mishima and Murakami's back catalogue. Everything is quite good. Read it and make up your own mind.

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2020121]

>>2020115
I wasn't sure about reading all of Murukami's work seeing as many people here say that his work is repetitive.

[Anonymous No.2020126]

watch some good anime bro.

>Eureka Seven
>Wolf's Rain
>Cowboy Bebop

you can do this before during or after the murakami

[Anonymous No.2020131]

>>2020121
they just tend to feature detached male protagonists in their thirties with great tastes in jazz.

That the protagonists are too similar, I could understand as a criticism, but the concepts, places and adventures featured in each are so unique and it's really worth reading them all

[PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz No.2020133]

she's waaay too good for you

next time post an image of that fatass adele or that slut sera quinn

they're more suited for trash like you~

[Anonymous No.2020137]

dont read that haruki scheister man whats wrong with you

pick up some shiga naoya

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2020147]

>>2020131
A work colleague recommended me Kafka on the Shore which sounded interesting so I'll at least give that a shot, and see if I'll continue from there.

>>2020133
I'm sorry; is this any better?

[Anonymous No.2020153]

>reading kafka on the shore
ishygddt

[Anonymous No.2020156]

God tier:
Abe, Oe

High tier:
Mishima, Endo

Fuck off trend-following faggot tier:
Murakami

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU tier:
All manga

[PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz No.2020158]

>>2020147
i see you do have good taste~

[Dr. Seussicide (SLAF) No.2020172]

>>2020137
>Haruki
>Scheister

[Anonymous No.2020173]

>>2020172

problem?

[Anonymous No.2020175]

>>2020173

YESSSSSSSSS!!!

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2020174]

>>2020156
Would you recommend any works by the authors you put in God Tier? Thanks.
>>2020158
Does this mean it's okay for me to post Siouxsie and Kate?

[Dr. Seussicide (SLAF) No.2020177]

>>2020133
>Slut
>Sara Quinn
I dislike you, a lot.

Also to keep this related:
I read No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai and it was pretty good, so yeah, get on that I guess.

[PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz No.2020181]

>>2020174
maybe...

but you'll have to share

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2020190]

>>2020177
Thanks for the recommendation; it's not on Amazon though so I'll have to check second hand bookshops.
>>2020181
I think I can manage that.

[Anonymous No.2020199]

read some kobo abe or watch the superior film adaption of woman in the dunes

oe sucks dick

[Anonymous No.2020201]

I loved The Key by Tanazaki (sp?)
Also Kobo Abe is the man.

Stay away from Banana Yoshimoto unless you're a chick

[PrinceCharming !!uPAynS9nRTz No.2020224]

>>2020190
look for me~

[Anonymous No.2020244]

THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA IS ADORABLE?

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2020258]

>>2020244
I'm sorry, I feel a little ill tonight, I meant to say I enjoyed them both. It's not exactly adorable.
>>2020224
I will, I'm sure I'll see you around here.

[Anonymous No.2020346]

>>2020190
You couldn't find No Longer Human on Amazon? Wat?

And re: >>2020156, read Abe's The Woman in the Dunes and Oe's Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness collection.

We also have two Japanese literature recommendations charts that you might look into.

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2020349]

>>2020346
I mean that it's only available through the other sellers, not amazon itself. And I don't trust using that seeing as I never got some books I ordered.

[Anonymous No.2020353]

>>2020349
Well, you can also try The Setting Sun by the same author. No sure if you're using Amazon.co.uk or what, but its at least on there.

[Anonymous No.2020356]

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Mishima is a fantastic study of an obsessive personality and, to a lesser extent, Buddhism. There's also some damn fine prose in the English translation.

[Fauve !!FWH1V1k3dzn No.2020360]

>>2020353
I'm using amazon.co.uk, thanks for the recommendations I think I might make a large order when I get paid at the end of the month.
>>2020356
Thank you, that sounds interesting