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✨Kokoro by Lafcadio Hearn✨
This book is a brilliant analysis of the collective Japanese heart, from an honest outsider’s perspective. By heart, i mean— the emotional aspects, the spiritual beliefs, and the upheld values in society within the Japanese culture.
First of all, I must say that Hearn’s prose is as vivid as it gets. He writes in a way that reads like fiction— as if life simply couldn’t be as beautiful as he describes. Well, who wouldn’t be completely enamoured with Japan, though— immersed as he was in this beloved country.
This book is known as “Hearn’s love letter” to Japan, and it was so sincerely written that I couldn’t help but admire the way he saw Japanese culture from his foreign point of view— how he always held Japan’s beauty in wonder and amazement. I must admit that if I, too, were in his shoes, I would feel the same way.
It felt almost enchanting, as if I was a character in a Ghibli movie— but I had to remind myself that these are actually *real* accounts and that the author was there to experience it all. I can only be grateful that he allowed us to experience these stories with him, by writing this book.
This was such a beautiful read, and of course i give it
This book is a brilliant analysis of the collective Japanese heart, from an honest outsider’s perspective. By heart, i mean— the emotional aspects, the spiritual beliefs, and the upheld values in society within the Japanese culture.
First of all, I must say that Hearn’s prose is as vivid as it gets. He writes in a way that reads like fiction— as if life simply couldn’t be as beautiful as he describes. Well, who wouldn’t be completely enamoured with Japan, though— immersed as he was in this beloved country.
This book is known as “Hearn’s love letter” to Japan, and it was so sincerely written that I couldn’t help but admire the way he saw Japanese culture from his foreign point of view— how he always held Japan’s beauty in wonder and amazement. I must admit that if I, too, were in his shoes, I would feel the same way.
It felt almost enchanting, as if I was a character in a Ghibli movie— but I had to remind myself that these are actually *real* accounts and that the author was there to experience it all. I can only be grateful that he allowed us to experience these stories with him, by writing this book.
This was such a beautiful read, and of course i give it
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The chapters were composed of one short, interesting essay and then a really long, boring essay, then another short, interesting one and then another really long, really boring one. I found myself getting halfway through the longer essays and then just skipping to the next chapter.
The chapters were composed of one short, interesting essay and then a really long, boring essay, then another short, interesting one and then another really long, really boring one. I found myself getting halfway through the longer essays and then just skipping to the next chapter.
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