{"id":153920,"date":"2020-05-04T09:09:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T01:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/?p=153920"},"modified":"2024-11-20T19:40:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T11:40:48","slug":"books-by-japanese-authors-what-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/books-by-japanese-authors-what-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"More than Murakami: These books by Japanese authors should be on your reading list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We love browsing the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/best-hong-kong-bookstores-pick-up-your-next-books-graphic-novels-comics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">best bookstores<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the city and reading everything from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/memoir-horror-dark-comedy-graphic-novels-comics-really-float-boat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">graphic novels<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to literature by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/books-by-chinese-authors-reading-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chinese authors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Japanese authors are known for their melancholic writing style, as well as the suppressive nature of the fictional characters they create. While Japanese literature is quite different from English fiction, it\u2019s just as appealing, and to get you started, we\u2019re sharing some of our favourite books by Japanese authors.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai (1948)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having tried to commit suicide five times, Osamu Dazai is known for his brilliant portrayal of suffering. The title No Longer Human refers to when an individual no longer deserves to be treated as a person. Depicting the self-destructive nature of protagonist \u014cba Y\u014dz\u014d &#8211; from his messed up relationship with women to becoming an alcoholic and a morphine addict &#8211; it has become one of the most celebrated literature by modern Japanese authors. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Kokoro by Natsume S\u014dseki (1914)<\/b><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153922\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153922 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/books-by-Japanese-authors-Natsume-So%CC%84seki.png\" alt=\"books by Japanese authors Natsume So\u0304seki\" width=\"900\" height=\"619\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/books-by-Japanese-authors-Natsume-So%CC%84seki.png 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/books-by-Japanese-authors-Natsume-So%CC%84seki.png 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/books-by-Japanese-authors-Natsume-So%CC%84seki.png 768w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/books-by-Japanese-authors-Natsume-So%CC%84seki.png 460w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/619;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natsume S\u014dseki (Photography: Pensamiento Japon\u00e9s &#8211; Aki Monogatari via Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regarded as one of the most prominent Japanese authors, S\u014dseki\u2019s Kokoro (meaning heart or feelings in English) delivers something true about loneliness. Revolving around the lives of the narrative and his Sensei, the story taps into different themes, including broken families, betrayal, nihilism and how money inevitably brings out the monsters in mankind. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Rash\u014dmon by Ry\u016bnosuke Akutagawa (1915)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This short story recounts the happenings between a starving servant and an old woman who steals hair from dead bodies to survive at Rash\u014dmon. When you\u2019re facing life and death situation, would you rather take the high road or do what you have to do? What\u2019s human nature?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima (1949)<\/b><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153923\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153923 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/books-by-Japanese-authors-Yukio-Mishima.png\" alt=\"books by Japanese authors Yukio Mishima\" width=\"900\" height=\"649\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/books-by-Japanese-authors-Yukio-Mishima.png 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/books-by-Japanese-authors-Yukio-Mishima.png 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/books-by-Japanese-authors-Yukio-Mishima.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/649;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yukio Mishima (Photography: Yukio Mishima via Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Confessions of a Mask touches upon issues on homosexuality, despair, family, friendship and betrayal. It\u2019s a great story about an adolescent trying to put on a disguise in post-war Japan, driving himself to self-despair, hence the word &#8220;mask&#8221;. The book has made Mishima a national literature figure despite only being in his early twenties when it was written.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Seven Japanese Tales by Jun&#8217;ichir\u014d Tanizaki (1963)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jun&#8217;ichir\u014d Tanizaki is amazing at illustrating distorted love and unfathomable beauty. The seven stories from Seven Japanese Tales focus on love, fetishism and self-annihilation, and they are prime examples of how desires can thrive in crooked ways.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love browsing the best bookstores in the city and reading everything from graphic novels to literature by Chinese authors. Japanese authors are known for their melancholic writing style, as well as the suppressive nature of the fictional characters they create. 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