Book Review: Genki Kawamura's "If Cats disappeared from the world"
People are fickle that way. Something they once valued becomes meaningless to them almost overnight. Even the most treasured presents,...
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Monika Satote
- Sep 13, 2021
- 2 min
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto : On Grief, love and loss
TW: 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...
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Monika Satote
- Aug 28, 2021
- 1 min
Book 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...
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Monika Satote
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
Japanese Literature : The Woman in the Purple Skirt , a Bizarre & Obsessive Book by Natsuko Imamura
There is a woman whom everyone calls "The woman in the purple skirt." Nobody knows anything about her. She does nothing special. She...
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- Jun 13, 2021
- 2 min
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
“What happens when people open their hearts?" ; "They get better.” Toru Watanabe hears a tune of 'Norwegian Wood' and remembers his past...
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- Mar 28, 2021
- 2 min
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami : Flawed characters, an island, a love triangle & much more
Sumire is an aspiring novelist. She has a close friend K, who is an elementary school teacher. They talk about anything, and everything....
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- Sep 21, 2020
- 2 min
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami : My first ever Murakami experience
Imagine you are a nameless schoolboy. You go to an unnamed city library, and a lady librarian sends you to a creepy room to find a book...
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