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Monika SatoteSep 13, 20212 minKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto : On Grief, love and lossTW: Death of loved ones, loss, grief Grief is a strange thing. It affects you. It consumes you. It destroys you. At the same time, it...
Monika SatoteAug 28, 20211 minBook Review: Birthday Girls by Haruki Murakami is "Not-so-Murakami" Book! The choices we make shape our lives, in many ways. The things we wished for, give us hope and courage to achieve those. I think the risks...
Monika SatoteAug 28, 20212 minJapanese Literature : The Woman in the Purple Skirt , a Bizarre & Obsessive Book by Natsuko ImamuraThere is a woman whom everyone calls "The woman in the purple skirt." Nobody knows anything about her. She does nothing special. She...