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Tuesday, 12 May 2015

The Japanese Fiction special

 A round up of The Word's Shortlist top reviews from Murakami to Yoshimoto :)


After Dark - Haruki Murakami

 The Guest Cat - Takashi Hiraide

 Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami

 Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and his years of pilgrimage - Haruki Murakami

 Strange Weather in Tokyo - Hiromi Kawakami

 The Lake - Banana Yoshimoto
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