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Jessica is the co-founder of the highly popular arts site www.Cosmoetica.com, which has been praised by film critic Roger Ebert and noted in The New York Times. She's been writing fiction, poetry and reviews for more than a decade, and her work has been featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer, PopMatters, Examiner, storySouth, Monsters and Critics, among a number of other literary sites. She has spent the past several years studying Japanese literature and film and will be featured in an upcoming Million Writers Award anthology in 2012.
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This Ba Jin collection is well worth the read for any fan of the short story, or anyone interested in Chinese literature.
Mon should be read, but done so following the humor that best expresses his emotional breadth.
While his humor can appeal to readers on a shallow level, much of the observation requires one to take pause.
The Sound of Waves is lyrical, concise, well developed and definitely memorable.
Rivalry is a fairly standard novel that reminds me of what most Westerners who have not read any Japanese literature would think a Japanese novel is like.
Many of the tales within American Stories are character and situation driven, which makes this the impressive work it is.
From a historical perspective and also for anyone who has sought out Kawabata’s works, The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa shows the growth of the writer.
This novel does have some nice moments of dialogue and philosophical digression but fails to resonate emotionally.
Secret Rendezvous is by no means a bad book — it’s a solid read, dry at times, more plot driven than typical Abe, but ultimately a disappointment.
Although not as great as Some Prefer Nettles and as humorous as Naomi, this is a work worthy of examination.
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