Re: Need help choosing a novel to read

From: Paul Blay (ranma_at_saotome.demon.co.uk)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:59:09 -0000

"Gavin Steyn" wrote ...
> "Bottchan" (Soseki)--Hard to say--I think I mostly understood it, didn't
> think it was funny; does that mean I missed the point?

I started to read it. It was sort of interesting, but not my thing in any
language.

> I'm looking for some recommendations that will push my Japanese boundaries a
> bit, in addition to being good (that is, I enjoy Murakami, for example (and
> plan to read more), but reading his novels isn't going to push my Japanese
> up to a higher level).

Hmm, I don't really have anything to offer. The Japanese novels I've read have
either been a) /Relatively/ easy Japanese or b) /Translated/ into Japanese (and
hence their naturalness is suspect).

I /liked/ the Harry Potter books - but I don't know that they'd be that good to
learn from because the Japanese is probably the 'wrong sort of odd'.

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