tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post853681173827920733..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: Evil and the Mask (Nakamura Fuminori)Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-23565704021387291312014-01-22T21:18:58.906+08:002014-01-22T21:18:58.906+08:00Thanks for the rec/advice!Thanks for the rec/advice!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-20718054863835165182014-01-22T18:45:12.660+08:002014-01-22T18:45:12.660+08:00I wouldn't recommend it, Richard. It's sec...I wouldn't recommend it, Richard. It's second-tier. Using the 'savage index', I'll go for the likes of Kobo Abe.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-21395087799337530112014-01-22T07:42:33.289+08:002014-01-22T07:42:33.289+08:00I missed this post in August somehow, Rise, but I&...I missed this post in August somehow, Rise, but I'm intrigued by your review of it. Would you recommend this or a more "classic" Japanese author for me next knowing what you do of my, ahem, savage (detective) tastes?Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-88968389019150787582013-09-02T08:43:58.093+08:002013-09-02T08:43:58.093+08:00You make me curious about The Thief, Bellezza. &qu...You make me curious about <i>The Thief</i>, Bellezza. "Fate" is also a major preoccupation in this book. I think the ending of this novel somehow clarifies his position.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-77843770816839999192013-09-01T06:56:37.001+08:002013-09-01T06:56:37.001+08:00Perhaps one of the scariest things about this nove...Perhaps one of the scariest things about this novel is how real it seems, rather than fictionalized. I have yet to read it, but I was quite captured by The Thief, and to me, the idea that we cannot escape our fate. Personally, I don't believe in fate, but I suspect Nakamura does. I wonder how one is able to write on evil so effectively, and the ability we have to make war. It's all so Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.com