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The Man in the High Castle “The best way to manipulate people is to tell them what they want to hear.” – Philip K. Dick “The Man in the High Castle” is not at all naive novel, both for reading and generally. This is perhaps the most famous work of Philip K. Dick (whose…
The Catch “Peace is the time when sons bury fathers, war is the time when fathers bury sons” – Herodotus Kenzaburo Oe is a very interesting figure. He was 23 years old when he received the most prestigious and largest Japanese literary prize – “Akutagawa” (in 1958) for the novella “The Catch,” and in…
Animal Farm “Dictatorship isn’t established to protect revolution, but revolution is started to establish dictatorship” – George Orwell I think during my life I’ve read Orwell’s work “Animal Farm” surely two times (and maybe more). Once during studies. Second time somewhere at beginning of my work career. And now something made me, after I…
Cuker Laza As far as I’m concerned, Živojin Petrović’s latest book “Cuker Laza” is perhaps his best work so far. Previously we tried to discover the mystery behind the murder of the richest Belgrade woman ever, and then we saw the life and thoughts of a man who wanted to harness the Sun in service…
The Song of Achilles When it comes to choosing books, for me (I believe, and for a good number of other people) it’s based on two approaches: either I choose a book intuitively/instinctively (i.e., something strongly attracts me to the title) or I’ve previously researched the book, reviews and the like (though I apply this…
Time to return to one of my favorite topics, which is Japan, and the era of samurai. Can we? IKIMASHO! 😀 “Akō incident” (赤穂事件, Akō jiken) is one of those famous events that remain recorded in (not only Japanese, but world) history. The story of honor and loyalty of the 47 ronin, even at…
Goodbye Somehow the novel “Goodbye” has quite an appropriate title for the first (reviewed) novel for 2021… a nice, subtle and cultured farewell sentence for 2020 (though we surely said goodbye to it much worse in our thoughts :D). And that’s where my comments about 2020 will remain… The novel “Goodbye” by Živojin Petrović was…
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – A story that breaks your heart without a single drop of blood It’s never easy when you pick up books about World War II, especially those that touch on the Holocaust. Somehow you’re not quite convinced that there will be (at least some semblance of) a happy ending…
By chance, while browsing IMDB, I stumbled upon a review of the film adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s book “Silence,” directed by Martin Scorsese. While some consider this to be Scorsese’s finest cinematic work, others deem it his longest and most tedious (though whether these critics have read the eponymous novel is perhaps another story)….
Junichiro Tanizaki, one of the most renowned Japanese novelists of the 20th century, is celebrated for igniting a wave of literary works in Japan that delve into the country’s past, particularly the era of the samurai. On behalf of all enthusiasts of Japan and the samurai, we owe him our gratitude. Set in the…