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Review of ‘Monkey King: Journey to the West’ by Wu Cheng’en

03/02/2021 nsford 9 Comments

I knew nothing about this 16th century Chinese classic before reading, so it was quite an adventure for me. A…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, translations, Wu Cheng'en

Review of ‘We’ by Yevgeny Zamyatin

15/09/2020 nsford 8 Comments

Before Nineteen Eighty-Four, before Brave New World, there was We, one of the first dystopian science fiction novels. It was…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, translations, Yevgeny Zamyatin

Review of ‘An Unreliable Man’ by Jostein Gaarder

17/08/2020 nsford 8 Comments

This is an unusual novel which I thought was kind of uplifting even though are so many funerals in it.…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, Jostein Gaarder, reviews, translations

Review of ‘Killing Commendatore’ by Haruki Murakami

15/03/2020 nsford 9 Comments

What an intriguing novel this was. Philosophical, mundane, sinister, metaphorical and erotic. It was completely unpredictable and I liked that.…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, Haruki Murakami, reviews, translations

Review of ‘The Nakano Thrift Shop’ by Hiromi Kawakami

20/08/2019 nsford 12 Comments

Translated by Allison Markin Powell, this quirky novel is a contemporary love story which examines the mysteries of other people’s…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, Hiromi Kawakami, reviews, translations

Review of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ by Sayaka Murata

05/03/2019 nsford 15 Comments

Keiko has always been an outsider. She doesn’t understand how to be an individual in Japanese society, which means she…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Sayaka Murata, translations

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