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    Japanese Fiction

    Yeah, Banana is a great author, isn't she? I also love 'Lizard' and 'Goodbye Tsugumi'. I think she's very skilled at developing characters in her novels.
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    Laura Esquivel: Like Water For Chocolate

    I just finished reading 'Like Water For Chocolate' by Laura Esquivel. It was a interesting novel - slighly strange in places, but also quite magical and romantic. I quite liked the fact that recipes and home remedies were incorporated into the story. It would be cool to try some of them out for...
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    Where are you? (in the book you are reading) - please read 1st post

    Wandering aimlessly in snowy Canada in the late 1920s.
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    Creative Writing Exercise

    As she prepared the fifth cup of tea for him that morning, she was humming to herself in an attempt to console herself as a mother would with a fretful child. She knew it was frivolous, but she rewarded herself with a few nibbles of a biscuit as she prepared the meal. It wasn't much, but it...
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    Glad to be here

    Hi, my name is arwen and I'm addicted to the printed word.
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    Japanese Fiction

    I like a great deal of Japanese authors. I'd recommend anything by Haruki Murakami, particularly 'Kafka on the Shore' or 'Dance Dance Dance'. I also think 'Kitchen' by Banana Yoshimoto is a great book of three short stories which are interlinked. 'Vibrator' by Mari Akasaka is another favourite...
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