My fave novel is Travels of Robinson. ( forgot the title, some sort like that )
i like adventure type of novel.
Last novel i read.......The lord of the rings- the two towers, in chinese sub.
fave author - chinese too ( read too much chinese books, that's why my english not good ) Jin Yong, the one who wrote The legend of arching heros.
Next novel i will read is crouching tiger hidden dragon, harry potter, and the last book of lord of the rings.

do u read chinese novel? i love those kung fu type one, especially Jin Yong's.

bought 3 books today

Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Chocolate for woman soul
Foreign bodies by Hwee Hwee Tan ( SG author)

any Candace Bushnell reader here??

can anyone suggests any good english novels by japanese authors?

There's a lot of good books written by japanese authors that i consider
a good read. These, however are mainly biographies which the author have wrote about their lives (eg. life during WWII), but if that's not your thing, you can still go for fiction books by such authors as Yukio Mishima.
Once novel of his that is considered a good read the the novel titled: The Sound of Waves. He has written other books but this one stands out
among the rest.

thxs blade for the info, I will definitely try to look for this author Yukio Mishima...

A friend of mine is such a fan of Yoshimoto Banana (yes, that's her pen name) who extensive work are mostly based on female/male relationship. Here is a little bio of her.
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My fave japanese authors are Banana Yoshimoto ("kitchen" is a must) and Haruki Murakami, I recommend "Norwegian Wood".
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only japanese writer i know is rumiko takahashi.
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I only know of one: Musashi by Yoshikawa Eiji.

arnel98 wrote:

only japanese writer i know is rumiko takahashi.

Nice arnel, but I don't think the starter of this tread is talking about inuyasha/ranma/or manga in general.
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Haruki Murakami, I recommend "Norwegian Wood".

Norweigian wood is cool, but my favorite murakami is "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle".
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Nice arnel, but I don't think the starter of this tread is talking about inuyasha/ranma/or manga in general.

hehehe.
i guessed as much but just didnt want to miss the opportunity to advertise takahashi.
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I used to like Banana Yoshimoto's books alot too when I was younger, but grew out of it because the themes of her stories seem too young(?). I find Haruki Murakami somewhat similar to Yoshimoto, cos their stories are kinda 'offbeat'. But Murakami takes it a step further.

Yukio Mishima's books are depressing ... and scary (this after reading 'The sailor who fell from grace..'). Yes, it scared me, but I still like it.

May I recommend one of my fave - Shusaku Endo, I like 'The sea and the poison' and 'Wonderful fool.' Kenzaburo Oe is another well-know writer, a nobel laureate. He's really subtle with the messages in his book. Great prose, a sense of quiet elegance.

Shintaro Ishihara - controversial, when he's younger. Wrote the famous 'Season of the Sun' which was adapted for TV starring Hideaki Takizawa.

I find fewer English-translated Japanese novels compared to Chinese-translated ones. [I am Chinese, so am glad to get my hands on other Japanese novels not translated into English.] Seems to me that the english ones tend to go for respected or more well-know Japanese writers. On the flip side, there's quite a number of Chinese-translated Japanese "bestsellers".... for instance, Kishi Yusuke, a popular writer in the horror genre (not necessarily supernatural themes, he writes about breakdown of the human character, schizophrenia/ split personality, murders/ thrillers...etc, along those lines.) Reading his 4th novel now, about a 17 year old lad who's bent on killing his 'nasty' step-father, how he thought up this perfect plan to kill him and more importantly, get away with it... an extremely moving tale. Been made into a Japanese movie, with breakout performance by Ninomiya Kazunari, also stars Matsuura Aya. I haven't seen the movie yet, hope to see it someday.

arigato guys.. gonna really look out for all these authors.. I think in M'sia, kinokuniya is probably the best place to search for english novels by japanese authors.. really appreciate all the suggestions and insights..

like most of them suggested, 'Norwegian Wood' byHaruki Murakami is GOOD! 'The Wind-up Bird Chronicles' by him is not bad too... but it's really quite a wierd book.
i like Banana Yoshimoto too and Ryu Murakami.

for me, im reading Musashi by eiji yoshikawa, like on and off..

but i recently bought this book

http://www.stonebridge.com/DORAMA/dorama.html .....ive been reading it for hours.. very good book!

just proudly and happy to see this forum (jdorama.com) on their GOOD sources site. good work genma!
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MixxDreamer wrote:

for me, im reading Musashi by eiji yoshikawa, like on and off.. but i recently bought this book http://www.stonebridge.com/DORAMA/dorama.html. .ive been reading it for hours.. very good book! just happy and proudly to see this forum on their GOOD sources site. good work genma!

Musashi?? Good for you, Mixxu-chan! It's an excellent book.

ah yes....jonathan clements.....



is my current read

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0395500753/ref=sr_aps_books_1_1/202-0009915-0189460

I just received this book from the author's publishing agent:



I was one of the beta readers of this book, spending part of last year reading copy after copy after copy... I'm reviewing the first print right now and should be filing my write-up next week. Apple Computer history is another of my interests.

--- groink

groink wrote:

I just received this book from the author's publishing agent: I was one of the beta readers of this book, spending part of last year reading copy after copy after copy... I'm reviewing the first print right now and should be filing my write-up next week. Apple Computer history is another of my interests. --- groink

Yow Groink, you are a Mac-Geek!