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For #JanuaryInJapan I'm reading Yu Miri's The End Of August (tr. Morgan Giles). Looking at the size of it, it will last me well past the end of January 😹 (but not August, hopefully).
I loved Tokyo Ueno Station, so have high hopes for this, a generation-spanning exploration of nationhood, family, and what it is to be Korean in Japan (Yu Miri herself is of Korean descent). And I believe marathon running figures prominently, so that's another plus. 😊
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In “The End of August,” the Akutagawa Prize-winning author excavates her own family history and traces multiple generations living under Japanese rule. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/08/06/books/yu-miri-end-of-august/?utm_content=buffer62a20&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #culture #books #yumiri #theendofaugust #translation #morgangiles #wwii #southkoreajapanrelations