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[Almost Transparent Blue] | Ryu Murakami

2 posts | 7 read | 1 to read

The 75th Akutagawa Literary Award and The 19th Gunzo Rookie Award prize (1976). Debut work of this author who wrote the novel reflecting the darker side of Japanese contemporary youth, living on the edge with drugs and sexual abandonment in the vicinity of a US base. In Japanese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

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[Almost Transparent Blue] | Ryu Murakami

so-so

Finished reading on 26 March 2021.

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[Almost Transparent Blue] | Ryu Murakami

so-so

Ryu does nothing but having sex and doing drugs with his friends. All descriptions are cold and without any emotion. They are, however, full of flavour. Odors of sweat, a decaying pineapple, semen etc make Ryu vomiting regularly, which he describes in detail.
An empty existence, but in the end we get an occasional glimpse of the underlying characters. Their backgrounds, doubts, and search for meaning. #1001books Picture: The Hague

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