This month's country is Japan! Despite being famous for being a closed society for generations, Japanese literature has historically been deeply influenced by Chinese writing with many early Japanese works actually written in classical Chinese. Japanese authors were also influenced, by way of the spread of the Buddhist religion, by Indian cultures and ideas. My featured books include short story collections, novels and an important memoir.
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The Stationmaster by Jiro Asada
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My Nuclear Nightmare: Leading Japan through the Fukushima Disaster to a Nuclear-Free Future by Naoto Kan
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Amazon US |
The Book Depository |
Waterstones |
Read my original review on Literary Flits
That's it for October's WorldReads from Japan. I hope I have tempted you to try reading a book from this country and if you want more suggestions, click through to see all my Literary Flits reviews of Japanese-authored books! Please do Comment your own favourite Japanese books below and if you fancy buying any of the five I have suggested, clicking through the links from this blog to do so would mean I earn a small commission payment.
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If you missed any earlier WorldReads posts, I have already 'visited' America, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.
In November I will be highlighting five books by Norwegian authors. See you on the 5th to find out which ones!
Thanks for sharing this Japan related post. You got me interested in The Miner.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed that one. It's odd, but a rewarding read
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