Ikuya TakahashiApr 142 min read“Why I Read” get-together sessionWe had a fantastic get-together session after the term! The session is called “Why I read”, named after the famous essay by George Orwell...
Ikuya TakahashiMay 20, 20232 min read“Kanazawa” by David JoinerIt was really a special experience for me to read this book in Kanazawa and saw the author in person there. Talking with David @ddjoiner...
Ikuya TakahashiMay 17, 20232 min read“Satellite Love” by Genki FergusonIt was sheer pleasure to have read “Satellite Love”. One day when I went home in Taipei, I noticed that a parcel had arrived from Canada....
Ikuya TakahashiOct 11, 20201 min readBook Recommendation #5 Ogai Mori\ Book Recommendation / #5 Ogai Mori “The Boat on the River Takase” 森鴎外『高瀬舟』 One of the main themes of this story is euthanasia. Ogai...
Ikuya TakahashiOct 9, 20201 min readBook Recommendation #4 Yukio Mishima\ Book Recommendation / #4 Yukio Mishima “Confessions of a Mask” 三島由紀夫『仮面の告白』 This is the first novel of Mishima as a professional...
Ikuya TakahashiOct 4, 20201 min readBook recommendation #3 Kafu Nagai\ Book Recommendation / #3 Kafu Nagai “Something Strange Across the River” 永井荷風『濹東綺譚』 Unfortunately, Nagai’s stories are difficult to...
Ikuya TakahashiOct 4, 20201 min readBook recommendation #2 Atsushi Nakajima\ Book Recommendation / #2 Atsushi Nakajima “The Moon Over the Mountain” 中島敦 『山月記』 Everybody in Japan knows of Nakajima because one of...
Ikuya TakahashiOct 4, 20201 min readBook recommendation #1 Banana YoshimotoThe following five writers (Banana Yoshimoto, Kafu Nagai, Yukio Mishima, Atsushi Nakajima, and Ogai Mori) are the ones I covered in my...