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From vulnerability to violence, Yukiko Motoya enchants with ‘The Lonesome Bodybuilder’

Books / Reviews Nov 3, 2018

From vulnerability to violence, Yukiko Motoya enchants with ‘The Lonesome Bodybuilder’

by Nicolas Gattig

Like a bouquet of exotic flowers, the stories in "The Lonesome Bodybuilder" are varied and full of surprise, starting out with mundane situations and then turning strange in a way that feels uniquely Japanese.

No stories for the squeamish in Asa Nonami's 'Body'

Books / Reviews | RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN Oct 27, 2018

No stories for the squeamish in Asa Nonami's 'Body'

by Claire Williamson

In each macabre tale from the short story collection "Body," Asa Nonami zooms in on a particular superficial fixation of modern society and proceeds to follow a "what if" question down a twisted rabbit hole.

'The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories': Memorable shorts from the greats of modern literature

Books / Reviews Jun 23, 2018

'The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories': Memorable shorts from the greats of modern literature

by Kris Kosaka

From Haruki Murakami to Natsume Soseki, "The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories" serves up a feast of literature, a smorgasbord of over 30 widely varied modern Japanese writers.

'Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy': Between the fantasy and reality of Osamu Dazai

Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Nov 4, 2017

'Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy': Between the fantasy and reality of Osamu Dazai

by Kris Kosaka

Osamu Dazai packs wry humor and warm humanity into seven short stories, as his collection, "Blue Bamboo," inventively blurs the line between fantasy and reality. Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy, by Osamu Dazai, Translated by Ralph F. McCarthy.184 pages KODANSHA, Fiction. The first and last stories ...

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