Comments on: The Commoner http://japaneseliterature.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-commoner/ Thoughts and Reviews Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:46:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mutilated http://japaneseliterature.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-commoner/#comment-16 Mutilated Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:50:22 +0000 http://japaneseliterature.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-16 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Mutilated! Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Mutilated!

]]> By: Kathryn http://japaneseliterature.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-commoner/#comment-7 Kathryn Sat, 17 May 2008 07:04:48 +0000 http://japaneseliterature.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-7 That's really interesting. I know that it was Carey's status as a novelist that won him the interviews he botched (why did <em>he</em> get to meet Miyazaki?), but I've never actually heard anyone say anything about his novels. I will take you up on your recommendation and check out <em>My Life as a Fake</em>. Thank you! That’s really interesting. I know that it was Carey’s status as a novelist that won him the interviews he botched (why did he get to meet Miyazaki?), but I’ve never actually heard anyone say anything about his novels. I will take you up on your recommendation and check out My Life as a Fake. Thank you!

]]> By: toranosuke http://japaneseliterature.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-commoner/#comment-3 toranosuke Sat, 10 May 2008 01:27:11 +0000 http://japaneseliterature.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-3 Oh, god, "Wrong About Japan" was awful. Not only were his assumptions and such totally off, but the book was just horrendously organized. Spending two or three chapters talking to the makers of Blood the Last Vampire, and another one talking to a swordsmith, does not constitute an exploration of Japan. I was surprised to discover, however, that I really enjoy his fiction writing. Or at least the one novel of his I've read, entitled "My Life as a Fake." The story centers around an English (Australian? I don't really remember) poet who's basically "gone bamboo" and vanished to Kuala Lumpur, and an Englishman who's been looking for him. Oh, god, “Wrong About Japan” was awful. Not only were his assumptions and such totally off, but the book was just horrendously organized. Spending two or three chapters talking to the makers of Blood the Last Vampire, and another one talking to a swordsmith, does not constitute an exploration of Japan.

I was surprised to discover, however, that I really enjoy his fiction writing. Or at least the one novel of his I’ve read, entitled “My Life as a Fake.” The story centers around an English (Australian? I don’t really remember) poet who’s basically “gone bamboo” and vanished to Kuala Lumpur, and an Englishman who’s been looking for him.

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