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May 9, 20231 min read

(Another) Book Haul in Tokyo

(Another) Book Haul in Tokyo I really know that I should use e-books rather than paper books. When moving this time, I realized it again...

Apr 12, 20232 min read

The next chapter of our life: Berlin!

The next chapter of our life: Berlin! (we’ve just arrived here) Before Covid, my wife and I had planned to come to Europe and work...

Feb 17, 20232 min read

“A Guide to Cultivating Well-Read Youth: A Taiwan Literary History Textbook”

If you ever have a chance to come to Taiwan, I highly recommend you go to National Museum of Taiwan Literature. The permanent exhibition...

Jan 23, 20232 min read

“Pig Skin” by Andrés Felipe Solano

We have ended this term with quite a distinctive story by a Colombian author Andrés Felipe Solano. He has been residing in Korea for the...

Jan 13, 20231 min read

“Brutus” featuring Haruki Murakami

I will introduce 3 works of Murakami’s favorite Japanese literature. What I found interesting is that he is drawn to the style of...

Jan 11, 20231 min read

“Barn Burning” by Haruki Murakami

We’ll be reflecting on Murakami’s evolution as a writer over the last 30 years while discussing 3 stories consecutively: “Barn Burning”...

Jan 10, 20231 min read

“Spider Lilies” by Hiroko Oyamada

Oyamada is the Akutagwa Prize winner. What makes her story distinctive is the element of fauna and flora. Her depiction of flowers is...

Dec 31, 20221 min read

2022

2022 is coming to an end. I would like to wrap it up with 3 new things I did and 3 most impressive short stories I dealt with in my...

Dec 28, 20221 min read

“The Hole” by Hiroko Oyamada

Oyamada was awarded with the Akutagawa Prize for this work. She was born in Hiroshima in 1983. As I was born in the same year, there are...