(2016-04-05, 3:36 am)Zgarbas Wrote: Mori Ogai is a classic, but tbh I find him very hard to read and kind of dull. I've read 舞姫, which is the most famous one.
I'm reading a (paperback) set of his short stories right now and quite enjoying it, though it's certainly not an easy read (the edition I have has notes at the back that define some obscure vocab for the benefit of the Japanese reader, and Ogai also tends to use loanwords from German or French where modern Japanese would use the English). I'm not sure exactly why I like them, and maybe I wouldn't have liked them if I'd read them in English...
Quote:Tanizaki Junichiro is amazing.
I particularly like his non-fiction writing; I have the book 陰翳礼讃 which has that essay (the famous _In Praise Of Shadows_) and others. Personal favourite is the essay which recounts some of the author's most memorable toilet experiences...
