I want to start this Convenience Store Woman review with some memories of Japan’s convenience stores. Like many new arrivals, I quickly…
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Unravelling a mystery is the opportunity not only for a gripping ‘whodunit’ but also a deep dive into Japanese society and its…
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I once wrote that a reader could have enough of thinking about a character’s breasts, but I will have to change my…
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Like many of you who are joining in with Women in Translation Month, I am keen to read Breasts and Eggs by…
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Territory of Light was on many best of the year lists in 2019 – and is on my to be read list…
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In his introduction to The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories, Murakami Haruki describes the collection as giving ‘the same kind of…
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Reunited Rakuko Rubin Translated by Jay Rubin The common room clock gave out three loud chimes. Takao’s wide-open eyes stopped wandering around…
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Last Respects Rakuko Rubin Translated by Jay Rubin An email from her mother brought Mayu the news that Shota’s mother had died.…
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The Great Passage by Shion Miura is a lovely book and you must read it. If you like Japan and books –…
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The cars on the expressway look like toys and the only things above you are clouds and the planes taking off from…
