• New Releases for the Week of 10/3-10/7

    by  • October 12, 2011

    Here are the new releases of Japanese fiction for the week of October 3rd, according to E-hon: 人生教習所     “The Life Institute” 垣根涼介           Kakine Ryousuke Kakine Ryosuke is the winner of the Eiji Yoshikawa Newcomer’s Award, The Japanese Mystery Writer’s Prize, and others. “The Life Institute” follows a Middle Eastern college dropout, an...

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    Welcome to Junbungaku!

    by  • October 11, 2011

    Hello friends. This is Will from Wednesday Afternoon Picnic. I’ve decided to start a new blog! It’s called Junbungaku. But I’m sure you knew that already (you are here, aren’t you?). Junbungaku (純文学) means ‘”pure” literature’ in Japanese. But what does “pure” literature mean? Well, I guess you could call it “high” literature, but...

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