Japanese novels

[kelber at mindspring.com]

"Out" by Natsuo Kirino is great.  Although it's not particularly literary (won the top Japanese proze for Crime Fiction), it's a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the urban Japanese working-class.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Jul 27, 2006 3:42 PM
>To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Japanese novels 
>
>Kawabata is one author Pynchon mentions in one of his
>essays, maybe the Stone Junction intro? I especially
>like his House of Sleeping Beauties, Beauty and
>Sadness, Snow Country, and Thousand Cranes.
>
>I've enjoyed many novels by Mishima, too, but probably
>like his memoir, Sun and Steel best of all the books
>I've read by him.
>
>
>--- James Kyllo <jkyllo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I guess you're familiar with Kenzaburo Oe?  I rate
>> "Nip the Buds,
>> Shoot the Kids" and especially "A Personal Matter"
>> 
>> best
>> 
>> James
>> 
>> 
>> >
>> > But if anyone has any other recommended Japanese
>> > fiction in translation, it'd be apprecited ...
>> >
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> http://www.last.fm/user/Auto_Da_Fe
>> http://www.pop.nu/show_collection.asp?user=2412
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/kjamesk/
>> http://www.thedetails.co.uk/
>> 
>
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