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Tag: japanese literature

flatlay of book cover breast and eggs
by themerryloner - October 16, 2022April 26, 2023

Reading “Breasts and Eggs” by Mieko Kawakami

ā€œDear Journal, Now I’m going to write about breasts. I never used to have them, but they’re growing in, getting bigger, whether I like it or not. Why? Where do they come from? Why can’t I stay like I am? […] What’s everyone so excited about, though? Am I that weird? I hate it. I

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book flatlay things remembered and things forgotten
by themerryloner - October 10, 2021April 11, 2023

Reading Shorties: ā€œThings Remembered and Things Forgottenā€ by Kyoko Nakajima

ā€œFor the sewing machine, with a dignified bearing and fated to be stationary, the shock all but caused it to lose its reason for existence. The 100-30, warped by the flames and with its needle broken, was embedded in the ground. It was unlikely a sewing machine could survive such a calamity.ā€ [From ā€œThe Life

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flatlay book cover kikuko Tsumura there's no such thing as an easy job
by themerryloner - June 13, 2021April 1, 2023

Reading shorties: “There’s no such thing as an easy job” by Kikuko Tsumura

FYI: This review contains spoilers. ā€œThe whole situation had come to be because I’d sat down one day in front of my recruiter and informed her that I wanted a job as close as possible to my house – ideally, something along the lines of sitting all day in a chair, overseeing the extraction of

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