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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
"Şayet insan, hayata geldiğinde şu ya da bu biçimde yaşamaya devam edecekse, sona varmak için büründüğü görünüm, çirkin bile olsa, küçümsenmemelidir. Hayatını yaşamak. Yaşamak. Muazzam bir girişim, insanı donduracak kadar."
Batan Güneş, Japon Edebiyatı serüvenimin düşünerek okuduğum kitaplarından biri olmaya aday. Neden derseniz, düz okunsa bile derinliğinde verilmek istenen mesajın kıpırtılarını kalbinizde hissedebileceğiniz bir farklılığı var...
Genelde bir kitaba başlamadan yazarın hayat hikayesine hızlıca bir göz atarım. Daha önce Dazai'nin
Öğrenci Kız'ını okuduğumdan genç sayılabilecek bir yaşta intihar ettiğini biliyordum. Tanıtım bülteninde de Batan Güneş'in bir anlamda yazarın vasiyeti sayılabileceğinden bahsediyordu. İçeriğin intihar olduğunu bile bile başladığım okuma yolculuğumda anlatıcının kadın olması benim için şaşırtıcı bir süprizdi...
Bazı göndermeler özellikle savaş sonrası Japonların, soylu sınıfın düşüncelerine ışık tutar nitelikte, kadın karakterin geçirdiği düşünsel evrim ve Naoji'nin intihar mektubunun son cümlesi üzerine makaleler tezler yazılır. Dil her zamanki gibi akıcı, eserin okurun iç dünyasındaki karanlıklara dokunmak gibi bir derinliği var.
Bu yüzden yargılamadan, altında yatan fikirleri anlamaya çalışarak ölmeden mutlaka okuyun diyebilirim...
Batan Güneş, Japon Edebiyatı serüvenimin düşünerek okuduğum kitaplarından biri olmaya aday. Neden derseniz, düz okunsa bile derinliğinde verilmek istenen mesajın kıpırtılarını kalbinizde hissedebileceğiniz bir farklılığı var...
Genelde bir kitaba başlamadan yazarın hayat hikayesine hızlıca bir göz atarım. Daha önce Dazai'nin
Öğrenci Kız'ını okuduğumdan genç sayılabilecek bir yaşta intihar ettiğini biliyordum. Tanıtım bülteninde de Batan Güneş'in bir anlamda yazarın vasiyeti sayılabileceğinden bahsediyordu. İçeriğin intihar olduğunu bile bile başladığım okuma yolculuğumda anlatıcının kadın olması benim için şaşırtıcı bir süprizdi...
Bazı göndermeler özellikle savaş sonrası Japonların, soylu sınıfın düşüncelerine ışık tutar nitelikte, kadın karakterin geçirdiği düşünsel evrim ve Naoji'nin intihar mektubunun son cümlesi üzerine makaleler tezler yazılır. Dil her zamanki gibi akıcı, eserin okurun iç dünyasındaki karanlıklara dokunmak gibi bir derinliği var.
Bu yüzden yargılamadan, altında yatan fikirleri anlamaya çalışarak ölmeden mutlaka okuyun diyebilirim...
“Victims. Victims of a transitional period of morality. That is what we both certainly are.
The revolution must be taking place somewhere, but the old morality persists unchanged in the world around us and lies athwart our way. However much the waves on the surface of the sea may rage, the water at the bottom, far from experiencing a revolution, lies motionless, awake, but feigning sleep.”
The revolution must be taking place somewhere, but the old morality persists unchanged in the world around us and lies athwart our way. However much the waves on the surface of the sea may rage, the water at the bottom, far from experiencing a revolution, lies motionless, awake, but feigning sleep.”
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
challenging
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
im afraid im too stupid/apathetic to fully appreciate or understand this novel
emotional
hopeful
reflective
i definitely have to reread this book since i was on a time crunch. i did really enjoy the symbolism, the flashbacks, just the general style of writing and expression. the symbolism of the snake throughout the entirety of the book, the increasing tightening in her heart as she watched her mother's health slowly deteriorate over months. the sorrow portrayed through kazukos perspective of her mother, her brother, the death of her father, her past lovers, and the one she claimed to be in love with later.
spoilers here-on-out...
i never understood that part of the book, why did she feel such an attachment to an older man who kissed her on the whim, something he shouldnt have done for he has a wife, more than half a decade ago, as something kazuko reported she didnt have an attraction towards him. was i mistaking something in the reading? did i skip a line? and why did she desire so dearly to have children, that she didnt really care whether, in the long run, if she loved uehara; she just wanted to bear children. or was it his children that she wanted to bear so dearly. but im just confused why she would linger on a split second of a kiss in an alleyway from six years ago by a man she did not have attraction to.
kazukos slow descent to caring more and more about meeting uehara as her mother grows more ill to passing, as well as her desire to meet uehara are all fruitless as it seems he does not have intent to come to their house in turn, since kazuko reports she is unable to leave since she is her mothers sole caretaker. the lack in expansion on naojis life, other than a few words here and there about his military time and his opioid addiction, makes the shock on naoji taking his life more extreme, and at the end of the book where naoji has written himself a farewell letter, he wishes his sister to not be sad over his death, but to think that he has been liberated from a horrible life.
spoilers here-on-out...
i never understood that part of the book, why did she feel such an attachment to an older man who kissed her on the whim, something he shouldnt have done for he has a wife, more than half a decade ago, as something kazuko reported she didnt have an attraction towards him. was i mistaking something in the reading? did i skip a line? and why did she desire so dearly to have children, that she didnt really care whether, in the long run, if she loved uehara; she just wanted to bear children. or was it his children that she wanted to bear so dearly. but im just confused why she would linger on a split second of a kiss in an alleyway from six years ago by a man she did not have attraction to.
kazukos slow descent to caring more and more about meeting uehara as her mother grows more ill to passing, as well as her desire to meet uehara are all fruitless as it seems he does not have intent to come to their house in turn, since kazuko reports she is unable to leave since she is her mothers sole caretaker. the lack in expansion on naojis life, other than a few words here and there about his military time and his opioid addiction, makes the shock on naoji taking his life more extreme, and at the end of the book where naoji has written himself a farewell letter, he wishes his sister to not be sad over his death, but to think that he has been liberated from a horrible life.
Much better in pacing and slightly more optimistic than No Longer Human but indeed painful to get through :(
I think, perhaps this work is more appreciated in Eastern cultures. It’s okay and some parts are great, I just prefer his other works I’ve read.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The end of hit me with a numbing wave of sadness.
This was an unexpected and blind pick-up for me, as I originally only wanted to read "No Longer Human" out of curiosity. I'm glad I picked it up though, it was a great way to get myself to read more. I couldn't put the book down after a while as I only wanted to read more about the characters thoughts and feelings as their world as they knew it changed so drastically. It's does a good job of providing insight of Japan and it's changes post-war, at least to an outsider like me.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to start reading Japanese literature. It's a nice starting piece.
This was an unexpected and blind pick-up for me, as I originally only wanted to read "No Longer Human" out of curiosity. I'm glad I picked it up though, it was a great way to get myself to read more. I couldn't put the book down after a while as I only wanted to read more about the characters thoughts and feelings as their world as they knew it changed so drastically. It's does a good job of providing insight of Japan and it's changes post-war, at least to an outsider like me.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to start reading Japanese literature. It's a nice starting piece.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes