Book review: ใ€Ž่นดใ‚ŠใŸใ„่ƒŒไธญใ€ by Risa Wataya

This is Risa Wataya's second and best known novel who won her the Akutagawa Prize at the age of 19. My previous experience with Risa Wataya's books has not been exciting. I read ใ€Žๅ‹ๆ‰‹ใซใตใ‚‹ใˆใฆใ‚ใ€in translation but remember not being impressed by it. More recently, I read ใ€Ž็งใ‚’ใใ„ใจใ‚ใฆใ€ in Japanese and, similarly, did not find it very..

Book Review: ใ€Žใ‚ณใƒณใƒ“ใƒ‹ไบบ้–“ใ€by Sayaka Murata

"ไบบ้–“ใฏใ•ใƒผใ€ไป•ไบ‹ใ‹ใ€ๅฎถๆ—ใ‹ใ€ใฉใกใ‚‰ใ‹ใง็คพไผšใซๆ‰€ๅฑžใ™ใ‚‹ใฎใŒ็พฉๅ‹™ใชใ‚“ใ ใ‚ˆใ€‚" (p66) In a society that constantly throws this kind of reminder to your face, how are you supposed to find your place when, at 36, you have neither one nor the other? Through the story of its protagonist Keiko FURUKURA,ใ€Žใ‚ณใƒณใƒ“ใƒ‹ไบบ้–“ใ€describes the struggles of those who are "not normal" and won't fit in the society..