Tag: Japanese Literature and Art Theme

• Electrifying honesty. Are you strong enough to see your reflection? – Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata – Book Review

  

  Convenience Store WomanAuthor – Sayaka MurataGenre – Satire/ Dark / Japanese LiteratureRating – 4.5/5 Electrifying honesty. Are you strong enough to see your reflection? It’s a brilliant plot that is deeply penetrating to expose our reality and constantly mirror the human world. A tight slap to proudy civilization. Keiko didn’t understand why her mother felt…

  TheladylivesinBook

  October 5, 2023

  Asian Literature, Book Review, Contemporary, Dark, Fiction, Novella

  Challenging Social Norms, Convenience Store Woman Author – Sayaka Murata, Fantasy, Japanese Literature and Art Theme, Japanese society theme, mental health, Mili Das, satire play, Sayaka Murata, Theladylivesinbook, Urban culture theme, Yakitori

• Do you like reading award winning books? It was Shortlisted for International Booker Prize 2023: Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan – Book Review

  

  Life becomes fairy tales which are really not fairy tales, but the author makes you feel that Earth is a fantasy world. How would the world appear as a fantasy land you can get a glimpse of it. Page after page author narrates a devilish story, the stench of reality becomes surreal musings. You need…

  TheladylivesinBook

  September 26, 2023

  Asian Literature, Book Review, Contemporary, Contemporary literature, Dark, Korean Literature, Magical Realism, Mystery, Novel

  Asian Literature, Contemporary literature, Contemporary novels, International Booker Shortlisted 2023, Japanese Literature and Art Theme, Korean Literature, Mili Das, Shortlisted Novels, Social life of Korea depicted, Theladylivesinbook