The book I love the most is Kokoro by Soseki Natsume. I love it not because it makes me happy or anything, it's just the impact the book has given me was the biggest impact I have ever had in my entire life. Reading this book, you might become depressed but it is worth it because it makes you ponder on things. Maybe the setting is too old and has a lot of things to do about Japanese Meiji period so it might be difficult but... Have you read it before??
I'm native Japanese. Many Japanese guess Dazai was a person like Yozo Oba in "No longer human". But obviously he was more than a protagonist in his novel. I think Dazai lived in his literature. So did Yukio Mishima. Because of the way Dazai or Mishima died we likely believe his literature was written with blood. That's what the author wanted.
thanks for your reply. and I am happy to find a Japanese person here because we usually stay on the Japanese internet side! Yes, I am half Japanese too :) yeah, the way you put it is really accurate.
Did you read No longer human in English ? Or in Japanese ? I recently read Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Quite a struggle for me as I needed English-Japanese dictionary to read them. I was a little surprised to know that Virginia Woolf was a kind of similar to Haruki Murakami in the style of story telling.
Ah, you are bilingual. You are so lucky. As I'm Japanese I've read many Japanese classics. I know some modern Japanese novelists had been influenced by European novelists. Shohei Oh-oka 大岡昇平 by Balzac and Stendhal, and Kobo Abe by Kafka... I recommend you short novels 山椒魚 Sansho Uo by 井伏鱒二 and 清兵衛と瓢箪 Seibei to Hyotan by 志賀直哉. They are not easy to read, but worth reading.
Antastesia! I think you should do more literature videos in general. You've introduced me to a lot of very interesting authors in the past. Just my 2 cents. :)
My faves are Botchan by Natsume Sōseki, Floating Clouds by Fumiko Hayashi, The Woman in the Dunes by Abe Kōbō, The Sound of Waves and Thirst for Love by Yukio Mishima, Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami, The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon, Fires on the Plain by Shōhei Ōoka, The Sea and the Poison by Shūsaku Endō and last but not least The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki - my favourite japanese-lit book! I haven't read anything by Yōko Ogawa or Edogawa Ranpō yet but will definitely pick something by them. Thanks for the nice vids as always and have a nice time on your journeys Emmy!
I've actually read a lot of Tanizaki because I study architecture and it was mandatory for us to read In Praise of Shadows, and I adore his work and his writing style. He is definitely easy to follow, even though the undertones of his plots are complex (i don't know if that make any sense at all :p). Kawabata is one of my favorites. The first time that I got in touch with his work was with Thousand Cranes. I can still recall quotes from that book and it's been more than two years since i read it. The way he connects the past and the present is absolutely magnificent. Where's Mishima? Oh my God, I looooove Mishima. I recently read Confessions of a Mask and I was in awe. I adore your videos. I always appreciate your recommendations. Next author that I'll try to track down his work is Ranpo. You really sold me his work so well. Thank you so much!
i definitely would like more literature videos! i'm still making my way through some of your recs from an old video on french literature for beginners. thanks and have fun in Kazakhstan
I'm interested, a lot. 4 years of Japanese at the uni and I'm still struggling and falling in love with it again and again. So please do your magical reviews and please more in English 'cause listening your pure French is a pleasure but my knowledge of language wants more and more. Love you!
Hello Antastesia! I've recently read various books of Japanese literature and I enjoy it a lot! I've read from Yoko Ogawa, Tanizaki and Kawabata from your list of authors! I would really want to see more literature videos of you since you talk about more uncommon topics. And I would definitely like to watch more Japanese literature related topics since again it's not very common to hear about the authors you've mentioned. :) Greetings from Greece!
The history of Japanese literature would be interesting, well known Japanese philosophers, I find peoples ontology and teleology fascinating . it doesn't have to be about philosophy but I would enjoy that video!
I've always loved Kobo Abe, not only Woman in the Dunes but also The Ruined Map. I agree that he's an absurdist rather than a surrealist. I read Ogawa's The Professor and the Housekeeper earlier this year. Good luck in your travels!
est-ce que vous pouvez faire un vidéo à propos de la poésie japonaise...j'ai cherché sur internet et je trouve que des Haiku, mais pas de poèmes comme ceux occidentaux, s'il vous plaît !!!!
Super vidéo ! Est ce que tu penses que tu pourrais regaire une vidéo sur comment bien parler anglais stp ? car je suis vraiment nul pout parler en anglais enfin bref voilà bisousds
enjoyed a lot - it is a particular love of mine - the showa era authors - a lot of people are turned off by Mishima - but I liked his acts of worship (particularly the title story) - its one of his few stories without the sort of dark sicknesses that hang over him - Dazai I find to have a lot of humor - and visited his Tokyo neighborhood - and the river (now a stream) that he drowned in --- at the start of my own Japanese literary journey though was actually a Westerner - Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi, Yakumo) take care ! and would enjoy your thoughts on current Japanese literature in translation.
I loved this video, It would be so great if you keep doing this, It's pretty interesting, even if you have more info about other japanese arts, would be so nice to learn from you, thnks
These authors sound really interesting. I want to check them out. Did you do a video on French literature? (Im new to your channel so i dont know if you did or not). But if not, id love to see that. Or your favorite French novels at the moment. :)
One of my favorites is Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki, that one really hit me! I really like Tanizaki too, I read his stuff in Chinese (coz I'm an Asian but don't read Japanese) and his words... just so delicate, lusty in a subtle way, and kinda sick hahaaaa
I'd recommend, to begin with, "Kyoto", ("The ancient Capital"), because it's lighter than the others maybe. Huge classics by him are "Snow Country" and "The house of sleeping beauties", and on the web you can find his speech for Nobel Prize in its entirety :)
Hello! Est ce que tu pourrais faire une vidéo Recommendations de livres féministes, ceux que tu as aimé, qui t'ont inspirée? Ce serait super intéressant! Enfin si tu peux et si tu en as envie bien sur :)
I'm from Japan. For guys who have never read Kobo Abe, I recommend to watch old film "" Woman in the Dunes " by Hiroshi Teshigahara, based on the Novel of Kobo Abe. This film is a masterpiece. ruclips.net/video/qa_xg0suuzc/видео.html
Are there some japanese books with both the japanese text and the translated text toread online? I'm interested to read the stories, but I also want to improve my japanese
J’aime beaucoup le livre geisha personnellement ça montre un très beau décor de toute la beauté et complexité de la geisha tout en montrant les aspects les plus vils
Les japonais que vous avez l'air d'apprécier sont nationaliste, ultra-conservateur, quasi-monoethnique (qq exception près), traditionnaliste.... tout ce que vous semblez rejeter!
The book I love the most is Kokoro by Soseki Natsume. I love it not because it makes me happy or anything, it's just the impact the book has given me was the biggest impact I have ever had in my entire life. Reading this book, you might become depressed but it is worth it because it makes you ponder on things.
Maybe the setting is too old and has a lot of things to do about Japanese Meiji period so it might be difficult but...
Have you read it before??
I love Osamu Dazai's "No longer human". (太宰治 『人間失格』)
I really recommend it. The author himself is also interesting.
I'm native Japanese. Many Japanese guess Dazai was a person like Yozo Oba in "No longer human". But obviously he was more than a protagonist in his novel.
I think Dazai lived in his literature. So did Yukio Mishima. Because of the way Dazai or Mishima died we likely believe his literature was written with blood. That's what the author wanted.
thanks for your reply. and I am happy to find a Japanese person here because we usually stay on the Japanese internet side! Yes, I am half Japanese too :) yeah, the way you put it is really accurate.
Did you read No longer human in English ? Or in Japanese ?
I recently read Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Quite a struggle for me as I needed English-Japanese dictionary to read them. I was a little surprised to know that Virginia Woolf was a kind of similar to Haruki Murakami in the style of story telling.
I read it in Japanese.
I have not quite read any classics of english literature. might get a look. interesting point.
Ah, you are bilingual. You are so lucky.
As I'm Japanese I've read many Japanese classics. I know some modern Japanese novelists had been influenced by European novelists. Shohei Oh-oka 大岡昇平 by Balzac and Stendhal, and Kobo Abe by Kafka...
I recommend you short novels 山椒魚 Sansho Uo by 井伏鱒二 and 清兵衛と瓢箪 Seibei to Hyotan by 志賀直哉. They are not easy to read, but worth reading.
i love the background, those bookshelves are so cute! and the theme of the video, I've missed so much your ''literary'' side!
Antastesia! I think you should do more literature videos in general. You've introduced me to a lot of very interesting authors in the past. Just my 2 cents. :)
j'étais persuadée que tu allais parler de murakami mais non ! en tout cas ca m'a permis de découvrir d'autres auteurs japonais :)
J'étais persuadé que quelqu'un parlerai de Murakami en commentaire.
My faves are Botchan by Natsume Sōseki, Floating Clouds by Fumiko Hayashi, The Woman in the Dunes by Abe Kōbō, The Sound of Waves and Thirst for Love by Yukio Mishima, Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami, The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon, Fires on the Plain by Shōhei Ōoka, The Sea and the Poison by Shūsaku Endō and last but not least The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki - my favourite japanese-lit book! I haven't read anything by Yōko Ogawa or Edogawa Ranpō yet but will definitely pick something by them. Thanks for the nice vids as always and have a nice time on your journeys Emmy!
I've actually read a lot of Tanizaki because I study architecture and it was mandatory for us to read In Praise of Shadows, and I adore his work and his writing style. He is definitely easy to follow, even though the undertones of his plots are complex (i don't know if that make any sense at all :p). Kawabata is one of my favorites. The first time that I got in touch with his work was with Thousand Cranes. I can still recall quotes from that book and it's been more than two years since i read it. The way he connects the past and the present is absolutely magnificent. Where's Mishima? Oh my God, I looooove Mishima. I recently read Confessions of a Mask and I was in awe.
I adore your videos. I always appreciate your recommendations. Next author that I'll try to track down his work is Ranpo. You really sold me his work so well. Thank you so much!
i definitely would like more literature videos! i'm still making my way through some of your recs from an old video on french literature for beginners. thanks and have fun in Kazakhstan
I'm interested, a lot. 4 years of Japanese at the uni and I'm still struggling and falling in love with it again and again. So please do your magical reviews and please more in English 'cause listening your pure French is a pleasure but my knowledge of language wants more and more. Love you!
Hello Antastesia! I've recently read various books of Japanese literature and I enjoy it a lot! I've read from Yoko Ogawa, Tanizaki and Kawabata from your list of authors! I would really want to see more literature videos of you since you talk about more uncommon topics. And I would definitely like to watch more Japanese literature related topics since again it's not very common to hear about the authors you've mentioned. :) Greetings from Greece!
The history of Japanese literature would be interesting, well known Japanese philosophers, I find peoples ontology and teleology fascinating . it doesn't have to be about philosophy but I would enjoy that video!
I've always loved Kobo Abe, not only Woman in the Dunes but also The Ruined Map. I agree that he's an absurdist rather than a surrealist. I read Ogawa's The Professor and the Housekeeper earlier this year. Good luck in your travels!
Thank you for this video. Great recommendations. Also, I would be very interested in your opinion about Murakami's representation of women.
you look so beautiful in this video, I think it's because of the lightening!
hey 😊 Je ne sais pas si il s'agit d'un sujet qui t'intéresse mais le zéro déchet pourrait-il apparaitre dans l'une de tes vidéos?
est-ce que vous pouvez faire un vidéo à propos de la poésie japonaise...j'ai cherché sur internet et je trouve que des Haiku, mais pas de poèmes comme ceux occidentaux, s'il vous plaît !!!!
Bonjour,
Je me demandais si tu pouvais nous faire une vidéo en français de tes livres préférés? Cela m'intéresserait beaucoup.
Love your literature videos!
Super vidéo ! Est ce que tu penses que tu pourrais regaire une vidéo sur comment bien parler anglais stp ? car je suis vraiment nul pout parler en anglais enfin bref voilà bisousds
enjoyed a lot - it is a particular love of mine - the showa era authors - a lot of people are turned off by Mishima - but I liked his acts of worship (particularly the title story) - its one of his few stories without the sort of dark sicknesses that hang over him - Dazai I find to have a lot of humor - and visited his Tokyo neighborhood - and the river (now a stream) that he drowned in --- at the start of my own Japanese literary journey though was actually a Westerner - Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi, Yakumo) take care ! and would enjoy your thoughts on current Japanese literature in translation.
I loved this video, It would be so great if you keep doing this, It's pretty interesting, even if you have more info about other japanese arts, would be so nice to learn from you, thnks
These authors sound really interesting. I want to check them out. Did you do a video on French literature? (Im new to your channel so i dont know if you did or not). But if not, id love to see that. Or your favorite French novels at the moment. :)
Nice list =) you forgot to mention that Edogawa Ranpo is also known for his detective mystery novels =)
One of my favorites is Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki, that one really hit me! I really like Tanizaki too, I read his stuff in Chinese (coz I'm an Asian but don't read Japanese) and his words... just so delicate, lusty in a subtle way, and kinda sick hahaaaa
Kawabata is the love of my life, really
I'd recommend, to begin with, "Kyoto", ("The ancient Capital"), because it's lighter than the others maybe.
Huge classics by him are "Snow Country" and "The house of sleeping beauties", and on the web you can find his speech for Nobel Prize in its entirety :)
Hello! Est ce que tu pourrais faire une vidéo Recommendations de livres féministes, ceux que tu as aimé, qui t'ont inspirée? Ce serait super intéressant! Enfin si tu peux et si tu en as envie bien sur :)
How about haruki murakami?
I'm from Japan. For guys who have never read Kobo Abe, I recommend to watch old film "" Woman in the Dunes " by Hiroshi Teshigahara, based on the Novel of Kobo Abe. This film is a masterpiece.
ruclips.net/video/qa_xg0suuzc/видео.html
Are there some japanese books with both the japanese text and the translated text toread online? I'm interested to read the stories, but I also want to improve my japanese
Or maybe some texts with furigana?
what's your favorite book by yoko ogawa?
Merci! que penses-tu de Mishima?
Hey Emy, thanks for the great video! Is there any Edogawa Ranpo book that you would particularly recommend? His work sounds fascinating!
Je suis japonaise et je suis très contente de cette video :)
I missed ur english speaking videos
This was fascinating but please make sure next time not to put on music in the background.
Will you do a new Apartament tour? Would love to see it! ❤️
Merci pour ce partage je ne connaissais pas du tout les auteurs japonais :)
Quand on prône la tolérance, pourquoi est-ce qu'on désactive les commentaires ?
tu connais Haruki Murakami?
I have a book from him and I didn't start it so I don't know yet how it is that's why I'm asking!
J’aime beaucoup le livre geisha personnellement ça montre un très beau décor de toute la beauté et complexité de la geisha tout en montrant les aspects les plus vils
Yasushi Inoue is one of the best authors in the world!
I admire you.
I love you
J'aime aussi Kenzaburo Oe, Haruki Murakami.
Kenzaburo. Nobel price
This video looks differently beautiful !
and mishima ? FUCK !
Merci les cours d'anglais sinon je serais perdue.
je crois, je fait partie des rares garçons á te suivre
Les japonais que vous avez l'air d'apprécier sont nationaliste, ultra-conservateur, quasi-monoethnique (qq exception près), traditionnaliste.... tout ce que vous semblez rejeter!
azeqsdwxc wxcqsdeza it is still classic literature, and as long the authors don't project those views in their writing it's fine, isn't it?
Perso je préfère les mangas 😂😍
It would be great to hear from you about japanese poetry! Great work btw =)