I’ve been an instructor of online classes entitled “Discovering Japanese Literature in English”. I’m happy to announce that a new term...

柳美里氏の著作を読んだのはこれが初めてであった。スタイル、テーマとも独特で、もっと読んでみたいと思った。この著作は2020年の全米図書賞翻訳部門で最終候補に選出された。 東北から東京に集団就職してきた人たちの現実が具に描かれている。主人公は福島県出身。家族のた...

Yu Miri “Tokyo Ueno Station” This is the first time for me to read Yu Miri’s work. Both her style and theme were unique. Her...

Pico Iyer “Autumn Light” “I found that the best way that I could develop more attentive and more appreciative eyes was, oddly, by going...

\ Bookstore Recommendation / 誠品書店　“eslite bookstore” “誠品書店”, a Taiwan born bookstore. “誠” means integrity and “品” means product. This...

“Carp” by Masuji Ibuse / “Mr.Carp” by Kuniko Mukoda “Carp” was written in 1926 by Masuji Ibuse. Although it is only 5-pages long, it...

\ World Literature Month / 1. André Malraux “La condition humaine” 2. Flannery O'Connor “The Complete Stories” 3. Elif Shafak “The...

I’ve finished the last class of this term. The best thing about these classes is that we were able to exchange so many interesting...

“Unzen” by Shusaku Endo Today, the new Sunday term has begun. Thank you all so much for joining my course! We read and discussed...