I am super exited to get started with The Japanese novels !!
Actually, my elder brother ( the very same one, whom I talked about in a previous post) was on a trip to Japan and I asked him to bring along a couple of novels in Japanese for me. I actually wanted to read books by native Japanese authors rather than the translations of non-Japanese famous works like Harry Potter, Tolkein's books or even something heavier like Also sprach Zarathustra or something. I am a reader and I read far and wide, so I had obviously read a couple novels by Japanese authors, of course in English at the time but now that I had an option to get the real deal, I decided to go for The Housekeeper and the Professor and the other one being the Norwegian Woods.
I have only read the first one but I thought I am going to need something lengthier as well as a completely new book. And, I am sure, by now you know how much I love the North, though I don't think that the book itself has much to do with Norway but in any case it's a good combination of reasons which would definitely keep me moving.
The thing is, the books are completely opposite to the various writing systems which I have previously come across. This one starts from the "back" and works it's way to the "front". As far as the writing itself is concerned, Kanji and Kana are abundant..obviously!!
Though the flow of writing is downwards and moves towards the left as well. This is something that's gonna take some time getting used to. Plus, I have downloaded a couple of dictionaries which would help me get over the various readings of Kanji as well.
I must tell you that, I haven't studied Japanese that deeply; not as actively as the European languages anyway. But, I have been focusing on the passive exposure for quite some time. Let's see what happens, it's a good experiment.
I'll keep you guys updated)
Actually, my elder brother ( the very same one, whom I talked about in a previous post) was on a trip to Japan and I asked him to bring along a couple of novels in Japanese for me. I actually wanted to read books by native Japanese authors rather than the translations of non-Japanese famous works like Harry Potter, Tolkein's books or even something heavier like Also sprach Zarathustra or something. I am a reader and I read far and wide, so I had obviously read a couple novels by Japanese authors, of course in English at the time but now that I had an option to get the real deal, I decided to go for The Housekeeper and the Professor and the other one being the Norwegian Woods.
I have only read the first one but I thought I am going to need something lengthier as well as a completely new book. And, I am sure, by now you know how much I love the North, though I don't think that the book itself has much to do with Norway but in any case it's a good combination of reasons which would definitely keep me moving.
The thing is, the books are completely opposite to the various writing systems which I have previously come across. This one starts from the "back" and works it's way to the "front". As far as the writing itself is concerned, Kanji and Kana are abundant..obviously!!
Though the flow of writing is downwards and moves towards the left as well. This is something that's gonna take some time getting used to. Plus, I have downloaded a couple of dictionaries which would help me get over the various readings of Kanji as well.
I must tell you that, I haven't studied Japanese that deeply; not as actively as the European languages anyway. But, I have been focusing on the passive exposure for quite some time. Let's see what happens, it's a good experiment.
I'll keep you guys updated)
Here, are the books...
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| The Housekeeper and the Professor |
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| Norwegian Woods - I think that this is the first part of the two, though I am not really sure) |
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| And of course, this just might be the second one |
Thanks Bhaiya=)
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