Two reviews for the Japanese Literature Challenge #JapaneseLitChallenge14
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No 436 Tamburlaine Must Die by Louise Welsh
I had initially lined this short historical novel up to read as part of Novellas in November, but didn’t manage to fit it in. I’m a big fan of Christopher Marlowe’s plays and the myth-making that surrounds him as a figure, so was keen to read Louise Welsh’s fictional retelling of the last murky days…
No 437 Me & Kaminski by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway
Daniel Kehlmann is fast becoming one of my favourite contemporary authors. Me & Kaminski is the fourth of his novels I have read, along with Fame, Tyll and You Should Have Left. I love the sharp playfulness of his novels and although Me & Kaminski feels slighter than the other books of his that I…
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Lies of Silence by Brian Moore for #BrianMoore100
No 442 Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
Dear Committee Members contains two of my favourite literary tropes, mixing a hint of the campus novel with an epistolary structure. The novel is a hilarious mix of irascibility, disillusionment, and frustration, narrated in the form of a years worth of letters of recommendation from one Jason Fitger, a harried professor of creative writing and…
No 443 Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
Today marks 100 years since the birth of Patricia Highsmith and I thought it was as good a day as any to review her debut novel Strangers on a Train. I’ve read quite a few of Highsmith’s novels but was really surprised to learn that this was her debut as it is astonishingly assured, maintaining…
No 444 After Dark by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin
After Dark is my first read for the Japanese Literature Challenge which is taking place from now until the end of March. This is the second of Murakami’s books that I have read after being impressed with the languid Norwegian Wood. After Dark has a similar ambience to Norwegian Wood. It is a dream-like blend…
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