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Why /lit/ don't discuss Asian literature like /tv/ is doing about movies?

>>>/tv/32105783

also, girls in libraries

>> No.3666857

We do from time to time.

>> No.3666867

>>3666855

Instead of asking inane questions, start a fruitful discussion. We're not your fucking puppets, you know?

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>>3666855
世界一

>> No.3666910

So, what is the most important Japanese novel that I should be reading.

>> No.3666914

>>3666910
No idea.
But The Temple of The Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima is quite popular, so you might start there.

>> No.3666917

Thoughts on Haruki Murakami?

>> No.3666927

Cause asian movies are good, asian lit is not.

>> No.3666929

>>3666917
>Interesting 10 pages
>Nonsense/banal for 50+ pages
>Interesting 9 pages
>Nonsense/banal for 51+ pages
>And so on and so forth.

>> No.3666925

>>3666910

Kenzaburo mostly for me.

>> No.3666930

But we do.

We have several rec charts for Japanese literature and a pretty huge one for Chinese literature, as well as recs for Korean lit.

>>3666910
What do you normally like? Otherwise, Kokoro.

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>>3666939
and Korea:

The Bamboo Grove: An Introduction to Sijo edited by Richard Rutt
Samguk Yusa (13th century) by Iryeon
Virtuous Women: Three Classic Korean Novels
The Cloud Dream of the Nine (17th century) Kim Manjung
The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong (18th century) by Lady Hyegyeong
Three Generations (1931) by Yom Sang-seop
On Wonso Pond (1930s) by Kang Kyeong-ae
The Wings (1930s) by Yi Sang
The Naked Tree (1970) by Park Wan-suh
The Other Side of Dark Remembrance (1979) by Lee Kyun-young
Ten Thousand Lives by Ko Un
Our Twisted Hero (1987) by Yi Munyol
The Poet (1992) by Yi Munyol
Land (1994) by Park Kyong-Ni
Who Ate up All the Shinga (1995) by Park Wan-suh
I Have the Right to Destroy Myself (1996) by Kim Young-ha
Contradictions (1998) by Yang Gui-ja
The Guest (2002) by Hwang Sok-yong

>> No.3666950

Just looked at the thread you linked - are you looking for obscure Asian literature then?

As obscure as the movies in that thread - Inagaki Taruho, Sagiwara Hakutaro, Kyusaku Yumeno and Yumiko Kurahashi.

>> No.3666954

>>3666927

Can you read Japanese or Chinese?

I suppose that the majority here read them translated in Engrish, and that sucks.
You guys should try to learn French or Italian, far superior languages for translating Asian books.

>> No.3666958

>>3666954
Yeah, French is really the big one.

>> No.3666961

>>3666954
what makes any one indo european language better than any other for translating east asian languages?

>> No.3667162

>>3666961

Nothing.
Other than the fact the more books are translated into French than anything else.

>> No.3667174

>>3667162
so this

>far superior languages for translating Asian books.

is just bullshit then? good to know.

>> No.3667178

>>3666917
Does what he does well enough. He has a certain tone that you either like or don't.

>> No.3667216

I've read a few Japanese novels recently.

I liked In The Miso Soup, though it was kinda unambiguous (except for the parts that were really obviously intended to be ambiguous). But it was a good thriller with a bit of depth to it, so that was cool.

Beauty and Sadness was like, I almost really liked it, but it felt like it was missing something and I don't know what. I imagine that it was the sort of thing that would be difficult to translate, though, so maybe that was it.

Nip The Buds, Shoot The Kids was cool, though it kinda felt too much like a slightly simpler version of Lord of the Flies. Still, I liked it, and the end was good.

>> No.3667949

Does anyone know a good place to find foreign-language ebooks? Specifically japanese

>> No.3667951

>>3667216

When you add feta cheese to Miso Soup it turns it for the best in a snap. Also, try adding green onion sprouts to it. Delish.