Japanese Literature Challenge 2

Blanketed in snow fields, trees and travelers share winter’s journey. © 2009 by CaliforniaTeacherGuy

Asleep is a collection of three short novellas, all of which focus on some aspect of death and also a sleeping, either literal or psychic,...

In the back garden where no one can see them, four women are painting. © 2009 by CaliforniaTeacherGuy

Black Rain is set both several years after the end of WW2 and in the days following the bombing of Hiroshima. Shigematsu Shizuma’s niece, Y...

Merchants plod homeward after long day at market, full moon shining bright. © 2009 by CaliforniaTeacherGuy

Everything is metaphor. Nothing is metaphor. Metaphor is reality. Murakami takes the reader on a surreal trip that will leave you breathless...

A catalogue from DHC with fourteen samples, including one full size bar of Extra Mild Olive soap, a Japanese cookbook and a little black d...