I’m going to be moving to Japan. I’d like to read a Japanese story. A contemporary novel. Something that is not too heavy or mentally taxing, since I’m already trying to learn my 7th language. by FrauAmarylis Related: suggest me a book that is set at Christmas but is more sinister and convoluted than a cosy Winter holiday read A family is racist, and the parents think one of their children is an idiot, but then the presumed idiot child and one of their siblings start learning a form of sign language from the people they are racist against? Stuck Rereading YA from High School Please suggest a Thriller! good fantasy teen books to read?
Kwasinomics on November 3, 2023 9:52 am Out, by Natsuo Kirino. Also, Grotesque by the same author is meant to be good but I haven’t read it Lady Joker (Parts 1 & 2), by Kaoru Takamura
dondeestalalechuga on November 3, 2023 10:33 am Some of my favourites by contemporary Japanese authors: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata All the Lovers in the Night be Meiko Kawakami Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (this was written in 1988 so not sure if you’d categorise it as contemporary, but it’s very good)
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Out, by Natsuo Kirino. Also, Grotesque by the same author is meant to be good but I haven’t read it
Lady Joker (Parts 1 & 2), by Kaoru Takamura
I just read ‘before the coffee gets cold’ I really enjoyed it
Some of my favourites by contemporary Japanese authors:
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
All the Lovers in the Night be Meiko Kawakami
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (this was written in 1988 so not sure if you’d categorise it as contemporary, but it’s very good)