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...nah not really but with all of my Endo evangalising over the past few days, and my outpouring of Murakami affection over the past few months you may have thought so. So I thought I'd add a bit more fuel to the speculating fire with a shot of another recent addition that has more than a hint of an Eastern flavour.
This is the Penguin Classics collection of eighteen stories from Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, the writer considered to be the 'master' of the Japanese short story form. Perhaps best known for his shorts, Rashōmon, The Nose and Hell Screen, this collection contains all three of these stories, and also comes with the added bonus of an introduction from Haruki Murakami. Delicious!
Turning Japanese? Me? Whatever gave you that idea?
Penguin Books | 30 March 2006 (UK) | £9.99 | PAPERBACK | 320 PP | ISBN: 9780140449709
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＊2010/1/9 Topic:
2010年1月9日主題：
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke's《Rashomon》- collection of short stories including《In A Grove》芥川龍之介《羅生門》- 含《竹林中》等短篇小說集
Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”― Ryunosuke Satoro
ETA SIGMA DELTA INC
BIG SIS SHE DID THAT
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Day 1, Tokyo.
An 8 (or possibly 9 - I may have forgotten to take a photo of one dish) course meal that we were served at a restaurant called "Ryunosuke" near the Azabu-jiban subway station.
A colleague of Hugh's emigrated to Canada from Japan and when she travels to Tokyo this is the restaurant she most often returns to. When we finally found the place, we were a bit stuck on how to order since the menu was entirely in Japanese. I did remember "omakase" (selection up to the chef) and we managed to point at a fish painting on the wall to indicate that I eat fish but not other meat. Other than that, there was a lot of "hai" and "arigato" from us. Anyhow, the meal was *amazing*, the staff super nice and the bill wasn't too bad!