id like recommendations for authors similar to kenzaburo oe. it would be greatly appreciated if you could name any authors that i may like if i loved him. (I have read kazuo ishiguro, murakami, and soseki as well [liking the first two most] and enjoyed these if it would help to further recommend anything). thank you!
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Authors similar to Kenzaburo oe????
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NotTheDoctor
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hello japn
I'm not sure what you mean by "similar". You mention Soseki, Ishiguro and Murakami (Ryu or Haruki?), but those are three very different authors with little in common, other than the fact that they're all japanese.
Maybe you could try reading Yukio Mishima or Yasunari Kawabata.
Good luck!
I'm not sure what you mean by "similar". You mention Soseki, Ishiguro and Murakami (Ryu or Haruki?), but those are three very different authors with little in common, other than the fact that they're all japanese.
Maybe you could try reading Yukio Mishima or Yasunari Kawabata.
Good luck!
darker than haruki murakami?
I was wondering if anyone might know of any authors that they found to be just as surreal, interesting, and moving as haruki murakami, but who writes somewhat darker, more roughly emotional stories. i would be very grateful if anyone could reply to this. thank you!
I was wondering if anyone might know of any authors that they found to be just as surreal, interesting, and moving as haruki murakami, but who writes somewhat darker, more roughly emotional stories. i would be very grateful if anyone could reply to this. thank you!
Libra
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I merged the threads because I found it to be similar topic/subject.
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oh, ok. that explains it. would you happen to know any writers then, that write similarly to oe (as in evoking similar emotions from readers, having similar subjects, or writing similarly), but also have a surreal quality to them?
oh, ok. that explains it. would you happen to know any writers then, that write similarly to oe (as in evoking similar emotions from readers, having similar subjects, or writing similarly), but also have a surreal quality to them?
Libra
Active Member
dark and deep writing
i suppose thats a good start, however i didnt really like franz kafka too much. i didnt find him to write in a way that was very emotionally powerful. mainly, i am looking for authors who write very deeply and darkly with wonderful language and have interesting, provocative, and emotional stories. that is how i would decsccribe kenzaburo oe's writing, and i was wondering if there were any other authors who write in a similar way. (A bonus would be if they also wrote in a surreal way like haruki murakami or something, but thats not as much of a demand for me). thank you!
i suppose thats a good start, however i didnt really like franz kafka too much. i didnt find him to write in a way that was very emotionally powerful. mainly, i am looking for authors who write very deeply and darkly with wonderful language and have interesting, provocative, and emotional stories. that is how i would decsccribe kenzaburo oe's writing, and i was wondering if there were any other authors who write in a similar way. (A bonus would be if they also wrote in a surreal way like haruki murakami or something, but thats not as much of a demand for me). thank you!
NotTheDoctor
Member
Have you read The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides? It's dark, sweet and beautifully written. I would also recommend The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz. I know they don't seem like the most obvious choices but these are two of the most emotionally powerful books I have read that I feel are in a way similar to Murakami's.