What instrumental, or mostly instrumental, album should I listen to while I read this book? Looking maybe for something that is slow, mysterious, and suggests the bright heat of Japanese summer. Or something else entirely, if you think it would fit.
>>128942564Steve Reich music for 18 musicians or, variations for wings, strings, and keyboards (also by Steve Reich)or Yellow Magic Orchestra if you want to not be a fag about itBut I'd recommend reading Kafka on the Shore. I read that one first and then got to wind up bird and found it something of a slog.
>>128942564I remember reading that book in high school and really liking it. I remember also reading that the US version excluded some chapters and reordered others. Almost makes me want to learn Japanese to read the original but I'm too retarded.
>>128942671Dipping my toes in Japanese study has made me feel retarded, but there is a lot of it which is a good deal more intuitive than some might lead you to believe. The difficult thing is deciding how you intend to go about learning and then committing to that path. It can feel like you're spinning your wheels if you, for example, decide to study kanji in specific, because it won't immediately result in you speaking Japanese. I just have faith that at some point it will all come together as one thing in my mind. I do think that learning Japanese is inherently pleasurable, but if you're in a rush to truly communicate, it's a long and arduous task. Like so many things, you must do it purely for the love of the game, and take the benefits as a bonus.
>>128942611Giving music for 18 musicians a shot right now.
>>128942767I wouldn't mind putting in the time and making an attempt but when I really think about it, I don't really see what I would use Japanese for, apart from the occasional trip to Japan. If I used it more often maybe I'd have more motivation. Otherwise, I feel the gap between starting to learn it and read/watch stuff in Japanese is huge.
