When I started my blog Japan Kaleidoskop, one of my first posts was about creating a reading list of Japanese literature (see here). My reference was the famous “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die” list of 2008 ..read more

  „An artist is a person who lives in the triangle which remains after the angle which we may call common sense has been removed from this four-cornered world.“  Natsume Sôseki Natsume Sôseki 夏目 漱石 (1867-1916) is one of the ..read more

  I hate when this happens: I am choosing a book full of expectations because I have read enthusiastic reviews and I kind of like the author, but soon after some pages I realize this is not the book I ..read more