Tag Archives: Japan
Adult Books for Teens: “Colorless Tsukuri Tazaki”
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami Sometimes I love a book so much, it’s hard to know what to say about it without the effusion seeming insincere. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki is one of those books. … Continue reading →
Posted in Fiction, Mature Readers, Multicultural, Over 375 pages
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Tagged betrayal, college, Colorless Tsukuri Tazaki, engineers, friendship, Haruki Murakami, high school, Japan, Japanese culture, meaning of life, mental depression, metaphysics, pilgrimage, secrets, suicide, train stations
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Adult Books for Teens: “A Tale for the Time Being”
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki Nao, a Japanese American girl, was born in California’s Silicon Valley, her father a successful ‘dot-com’ programmer. But as time passes, her dad and his projects become superfluous. In dire straits, … Continue reading →
Posted in Faith-Based/Religious Element, Family Problems, Fiction, Human Rights Issues, Multicultural, Over 375 pages, Supernatural
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Tagged Adult books for teens, book reviews, British Columbia, bullying, high school, Japan, Japanese Americans, kamikaze pilots, literary fiction, suicide, teenage girls, writers, writing, writing life
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