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‘The Buddha in the Attic” by Julie Otsuka
‘The Buddha in the Attic” by Julie Otsuka
Reading Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic (2011) leaves many breathless. In this short novel, there is no respite for the…
Beatriz Pérez Zapata
May 28, 2020
‘The Maid’, by Tsutsui Yasutaka: witnessing our small miseries
‘The Maid’, by Tsutsui Yasutaka: witnessing our small miseries
Although I was familiar with Tsutsui’s work through its film adaptations (in particular, Paprika and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time), I…
Victor Navarro-Remesal
Apr 28, 2020
The stories of Sanmao: On diaries, places, and being seen
The stories of Sanmao: On diaries, places, and being seen
Sanmao writes of a Spain that I didn’t know, that I’ve only known through the stories of older generations, a place and time instantly…
Victor Navarro-Remesal
Mar 30, 2020
‘Palimpsest’, Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom
‘Palimpsest’, Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom
This post belongs to our series “Reading East Asia” so perhaps this new entry, which analyses a graphic novel published in Swedish (and…
Beatriz Pérez Zapata
Mar 4, 2020
‘The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino’ by Kawakami Hiromi: fragments of being (loved)
‘The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino’ by Kawakami Hiromi: fragments of being (loved)
“Hell is other people” is one of the most quoted and misquoted sentences in modern philosophy. Other people, in Sartre’s Huis Clos, are…
Victor Navarro-Remesal
Feb 12, 2020
‘The White Book’ by Han Kang: an exploration of grief
‘The White Book’ by Han Kang: an exploration of grief
Can grief turn into something beautiful? I guess it does. Eventually. For a long time, prose and poetry have transformed grief into…
Beatriz Pérez Zapata
Dec 11, 2018
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