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Well, I've seen the Kirisuwa film of Rashomon, I didn't realise it was a book as well. I shall put it on my Amazon wish list; 'Musashi' by Yoshikawa has been on my to be read list for a while. Mishima and Murikami are favourites of mine already, along with some other Japanesse writers like Akira Yoshimura, Banana Yoshimoto, Kenzaburo Oe and Yasunari Kawabata. BTW it's worth getting a biograpthy of Mishima if you can, as he was one strange cat.Sabenankh said:Has anyone read "RASHOMON"? I did and i enjoyed it very much... but still i think i like other japanese authors a bit more MISHIMA, INOUE, YOSHIKAWA, of course MURAKAMI. Can you tell me what you think?
I read 'The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima' by Henry Scott Stokes, I'd say it's a good rather than great biog, however it does succeed in giving you I idea of the man behind the writing; as I said, he was one strange cat.Sabenankh said:I do know some things reguarding Mishima's byography but didn't know there was a book on it... i'll put the biography on my "to buy" list
I've not read that one I'm afraid. Of the ones I have, I'd say that 'Goodbye Tsugumi' is a good place to start.Sabenankh said:I also want to check out Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen
Ok, I've stuck 'The Hunting Gun' down on my TBR list.Sabenankh said:If you want you can also try Yasushi Inoue, he is very good.