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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 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 somewhere in there, although you hope for it in your heart. However, no…
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…
