I loved this book, I wanted to start reading more asian authors and started with Murakami but Jin Lee (at least here) fucking blows him out of the park. Any similar recommendations? Not necessarily eastern
But actually to be fair to Murakami I've only read two books of his: south of the border, west of the sun and Tokio Blues, but I found them rather superficial and simple. Maybe it's the translation but tokio blues was really underwhelming. I actually enjoyed more south of the border, specially with it's ending and reinterpretation of the story. But man did pachinko hit me in the feels, some of the scenes are very fucking powerful and I actually shed a tear or two
>>24693906I really liked Sputnik Sweetheart. I felt that it captured the odd feeling of unrequited love quite well; it's short, too, and I think I prefer Murakami in short burstsIn terms of other asian authors, I really love Mishima, Temple of the Golden Pavilion, and Confessions of a Mask are fantastic, although both these recommendations don't really have much in common with Pachinko, try East of Eden maybe?
>>24693896Try Yu Hua's To Live
>>24693896Embarrassing thread. >>24695438>I really liked Sputnik SweetheartEmbarrassing post.
>>24695771I'm not afraid to be vulnerable, anon. It's freeing, you should peel back the mask of irony and snug superiority and try it
>>24695771You could have ignored the thread and let it die.
>>24693896Kokoro by Natsume SÅseki is a good entry point to modern japanese lit, a quiet but heavy story about guilt and loneliness that also shows japan wrestling with the shift from old-school duty to modern individuality.
>>24695771How sad of a life you must have to comment stuff like this >>24695438>>24695547>>24695969I'll try these three but again, I'm not really too hung up on the oriental aspect. I just really liked Pachinko and wanted to read something similar kek
>>24695771>most (You)'d post ITTLol
>>24696556The Godfather is a fun read
>>24693896are you a girl/woman? I was researching pachinko for whatever reason and this book always popped upin the end I watched a few episodes of a tv series they made from it but I wasn't impressednot much pachinko in it :(can you tell me what you liked about it?
>>24695806>being vulnerable is anonymously posting that you enjoyed a bestselling novel What a shallow life you must, for lack of a better word, lead.
