Where has ’22 gone to so fast? Regular media are looking back on past events and deaths; social media are being flooded with New Year’s resolutions for 2023. And me? I’m just looking forward to another Japanese Literature Challenge hosted by Dolce Bellezza. That’s what I like about this time of year!
The challenge runs from January through February. Will you join us?
Here’s what I have planned…
- Read De Zwemmers (The Swimmers) by Julie Otsuka.
- Read Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein (providing I can get my hands on an affordable copy).
- Make a dish from the Vegan Japan Easy cookbook.
- Continue to listen to Jake Adlestein’s interesting investigative podcast The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods about the “fascinating and bizarre world of Japan’s jouhatsu” (missing persons).
By the way: this is the first post on this blog that I made in the WordPress Gutenberg editor! #learning
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dinsdag 24 januari 2023 bij 04:23
Bellezza
You are the second person to mention The Swimmers; I must try to find that book! And, what a good idea to add cooking into the challenge. Oh, I do love a good bowl of ramen!
dinsdag 24 januari 2023 bij 19:38
Gnoe
Only while reading I realised that _maybe_ this novel doesn’t fit the Japanese Literature Challenge in its most strict sense… Although Julie Otsuka was born from Japanese parents, it was in the United States. Contemporary USA is also where this story takes place. So: not really “a virtual trip to Japan”! It would however be a great read for AAPI-heritage month :-)
dinsdag 24 januari 2023 bij 22:19
Bellezza
That’s fine! I loved When the Emperor Was Divine, and Buddha in The Attic by her. She still gives me a “virtual trip to Japan” with her perspectives. Thanks for reading with me! Gnoe!