Last year, 2022, the books in this genre took the bookstagram by storm and oh my God, I did end up reading seven of those. Well, here's a special mention to all the Japanese and Korean literature I have read last year the Pachinko Parlor by Elisa Shua Dusapin crying in Echmart by Michelle Johno I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Yogboki by Beckshi, deaden Memories by Banana Yoshimoto Pachinko by Minji Lee bliss montag Stories by Lingma and lastly, Breasts and Eggs by Niko Kawakami
Shubham Garg
@ShubhamGarg · 2:30
I remember in the last book review you gave like a small snippet of how the daughter talks about her relationship with her mother, which was again like a very small little insight into your mind and into the author's mind as well. So I really love that about your videos, about your writing. And for this one, yes, this is very interesting because I don't think I have read much Japanese or Korean writers per se. The only one being Murakami, if I must mention him
So I'm not saying that you may not have already explored that area, but I would strongly suggest that all of us must make an effort to create a platform for our own writers and see what it is that they have to offer. Because I personally find it very, very enriching. And I feel that it really broadens my horizons about all that's going on in our own country and in our own surroundings
Yeah. And just to add to what I was saying earlier, that I love the way you describe the books that you've read. I could sense that deep engagement you have with the characters, with the situations, with the underlying nuances and so on. And let me compliment went to you by saying that if I were to ever write a work of fiction, I would definitely want you to read it, keep reading and keep sharing your reviews with us. It was really wonderful
Binati Sheth
@Binati_Sheth · 4:57
But yeah, just just, you know, look at look at the world of literature for what it is a wonderful, wonderful, diverse landscape in terms of thought, diversity. So there you go. Happy reading. Thank you so much for sharing
Neha vora
@SanitybyNeha · 2:36
The thing that I liked about that book in particular was after her mother was diagnosed as having a critical illness, so the daughter, that is the author also went on to reminisce all about her mother. Before that she was not in good terms with her mother, right? And after that she did try to become sort of mother to her mother because she took care and she left everything and she did also marry just to keep her principally to keep her mother happy as well
Riya Prasad
@highonchai · 0:59
I can relate to her in some way on a personal level because I also grew up with a very overbearing but dedicated and all consuming love from my mother. And while we were at odds while growing up, we eventually made peace. And hey, you're talking about the three book sequel of Kawaguchi's work right before the coffee gets old and diggles from the cafe and before your memory fades. Oh man, I've been trying to read them and go on
Riya Prasad
@highonchai · 2:34
But sadly, Mama haven't come across or read much work of Indian authors. With that being said, I'm quite certain that there is an audience and people do talk about it, but I'm not quite sure about the awareness bit of it. I personally I stumbled upon the Korean and Japanese literature through instagram. Yeah, so I remember last year, some Asian book club started the hashtag called the hashtag Feminine Translation Week and hashtag Japanese Literature Month and the hashtag Korean reads and posted it
Riya Prasad
@highonchai · 2:24
Hi Binati. Thank you for taking your time out to reply on my Swell and thanks for liking my review. From what I gathered, I think you're seeing instead of recommendation, we had to talk about the book we were reading that week. In that Book Review week from nine to 20th January to see, I was rereading Conversations on Love by Natasha Lun, so I believe there's nothing wrong in retrading my last written and reviewing it. I had just completed Breast and Eggs around the same time
Binati Sheth
@Binati_Sheth · 5:00
This is me assuming we don't know exactly where the interest comes from because the data we have covers certain things and certain time periods, right? But authors like Hasanarikawatta and all of these really older names, I would say have quite a fan following in the west. And this is not a new phenomenon. This has been around for at least 20 years. And Japanese literature does sell a lot globally
Oh yes, this happened to my family member. Yes, I know that in that part of the country, this is a custom. It's a very different experience. What you said about certain writers. So Gitanji Shari is an extremely well known writer. And I might add here that I actually translated some of her short stories actually 20 years ago. And they are part of an anthology that I published, national Book Trust published at that point of time