
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
Sorry, I cheated, so far I read only 3 pages of this book but I think I got already important points to report.
Firstly - translation - the narrative is very rough so, not being able to read original, I blame the translator.
Secondly - one of protagonists - Rika - is going to buy butter for her friend Reiko. She visits 3 shops, there are announcements that due to product shortages supplies are limited to one item per customer.
So, I assume she could have bought easily 3 packs of butter but somehow she brought margarine to her friend.
Exciting!
To be continued...
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I forced myself to endure (skip over) some 20 pages and reaad about a visit in the Detention Centre and the real taste of butter.
This was quite convincing...
I do not remember specifically eating boiled rice with fresh butter but I remember a sensation of butter melting in my mouth in the hot company of bread or potato...
And then...
I tried to read few pages more but gave up on page 77.
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This was quite convincing...
I do not remember specifically eating boiled rice with fresh butter but I remember a sensation of butter melting in my mouth in the hot company of bread or potato...
And then...
I tried to read few pages more but gave up on page 77.
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I'm on FB group about Japanese literature. Many years ago it was my Passion. I love British writer of Japanese origin WHO got Nobel Prize.
ReplyDeleteKazuo Ishiguro.
ReplyDeleteYes, The Remains of the Day, I think I saw the movie as well.
ReplyDeleteI liked also Haruki Murakami and his book IQ84 - partially inspired by Orwell's 1984.