The Japan Times runs a weekly column called ‘Essential Reading for Japanophiles’, a collection of reviews of classic works of fiction and non-fiction that deal with Japan. It’s a great resource for people looking to get into Japanese literature, get recommendations on history books and see who has beenContinue reading “Essential Reading”
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Articles and Shorts: Update.
It’s been a while since my last post because I’ve been as busy as a millipede’s chiropodist. I’ve been hard at work on novel three, edits have just come in for novel two, writing regularly for the Japan Times and I still have the day job. I’ll be off on holiday in three weeks, headingContinue reading “Articles and Shorts: Update.”
Fuminori Nakamura
Japanese novelist Fuminori Nakamura has won most of the major prizes in Japan and is slowly becoming better known in the English-speaking world. I was recently lucky enough to interview him for The Japan Times about his writing and his new novel in translation, ‘Last Winter, We Parted’. As he is on a book tourContinue reading “Fuminori Nakamura”
Iain Maloney 