We Will Shoot Back by Akinyele Umoja
The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David Shipler
World on Fire is alright
Witnesses Of The Russian Revolution by Harvey Pitcher (This one is really gripping)
https://s-usih.org/2017/10/the-black-panther-party-reading-list-an-education/ <---- these are good
Started David Lynch's autobiography. It's sick.
an artist of the floating world by kazuo ishiguro, wonderful read
read norwegian wood now, not as compelling as sputnik sweetheart
finished hard-boiled wonderland
solid but i still prefer the more realistic novels
I am almost done the third book in the red rising series. Enjoying it very much.
Haven't had this much fun reading in a bit
continuing my conquest of Japanese literature, recent reads
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, a lesser known work by Yukio Mishima
Wonderful Fool, a warm traditional adventure by Shusaku Endo
Thousand Cranes, a little wierd romantic drama by Yasunari Kawabata
What did you enjoy about them
none of these books are particularly famous in the West and mostly "leftovers" from respective authors
Mishima told a crippling story of what radical youth anarchy is capable of
Thousand Cranes paints almost poetic scenery of old Japan and its culture, namely buddhist tea seremony and the traditional pottery which I find interesting
Wonderful Fool I didn't particularly like, because Endo just jerks off Christian values which is an interesting point of view from japanese perspective but doesn't do much for western reader
Wait, do you actually think that's what the book is about?
in a sentence, yes as I didn't think roragok or anyone else for that matter was really that interested in this particular book
sure there are the colliding ideals of different generations, mishima's obsession on masculinity, reality of being a single mother in postwar-era Japan and still more to it
i'm more than happy to discuss it further however
what did you think about it?
I think you had the ideals of generations flipped. The youth were the representation of wartime Japan, hence the immeasurable cruelty and obsession over glory and honor.
I thought it was pretty okay. Mishima is just not my bag, I think
seems counterintuitive to me, a wartime generation would appreciate the value of family at least
kids were rather nihilistic, refusing society and looking only up to the masculine immovability or objectivity
this was the last of the major works by Mishima left and definitely on the weaker side, I enjoy his style and prose in general though
That's exactly the point. The wartime generation did refuse the value of family and refused society when the masculine immovability and objectivity of the emperor was removed
wrong. wartime generation would not give up on the family, hence the kids were cruel for cruelty's sake and not a representation of wartime generation
No, they explicitly did give up their families for the glory that came with the empire. Think kamikazes
we're talking about kids who presumably lost family to war, if anything they hate the emperor, the country and the society because of that
You're reading it way too literally. The reason why the kids are obsessed with glory is that they represent the wartime Japanese ideals