Re: dictionary information

From: Bob Clark (bclark_at_noairmailspam.net)
Date: 03/15/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:59:36 -0600

"Charlotte" <charlottemr@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:bca36342.0503141016.14a1c0f@posting.google.com...
> I was planning to pick up some young adult novels, though I'm not
> really sure how to go about finding the names/authors of good ones. I
> read the thread about not picking up Japanese translations of books
> from other languages (e.g. Harry Potter)... I've found it reasonably
> easy to find the names of Japanese adult novelists, but Google
> searches don't seem to come up with much for "young adult japanese
> novel reviews/authors". Maybe another appropriate query for this ng.
>

I was buying a copy of the ghost in the shell manga from amazon.co.jp and
found a novel of the first 4 episodes of "stand alone complex". They are
250 pages of relatively easy to read kanji. I am not sure about the age
range, but I am working through a little bit every day. I did get a "real"
novel at the last Japanese School sale. It was "bringing out the dead".
Not that good and very hard to read. At least with the novels of stand
alone complex, I know all of the characters and the base of the story.
Might be worth a try. Only 252 pages in a 4 x 6 format. Plenty of room for
notes in the margins if you like to do that.

Here is a link to the first one I bought.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4199051473/qid%3D1110862487/250-7623498-2504254

Bobby

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