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charlottemay_teas_and_reads 's review for:
Dragon Palace
by Hiromi Kawakami
Thank You, Netgalley and Stone Bridge Press for the e-Galley.
Japanese short stories and novellas are one of my favourite type of books, they are always interesting, well written and slightly off centre which i enjoy immensely. And Hiromi Kawakami wrote some of the first japanese translations I read.
However, I struggled a little with The Dragon Palace...I am not sure if it was the way it was written, or translated, or if I just wasn't in the right head space for it but I had a hard time figuring out what was going on in some stories. The story I liked best was Hokusai, it was funny and a little ridiculous which made it absolutely brilliant.
Hokusai was 5 stars out of 5
The whole book 3.5 stars out of 5
Japanese short stories and novellas are one of my favourite type of books, they are always interesting, well written and slightly off centre which i enjoy immensely. And Hiromi Kawakami wrote some of the first japanese translations I read.
However, I struggled a little with The Dragon Palace...I am not sure if it was the way it was written, or translated, or if I just wasn't in the right head space for it but I had a hard time figuring out what was going on in some stories. The story I liked best was Hokusai, it was funny and a little ridiculous which made it absolutely brilliant.
Hokusai was 5 stars out of 5
The whole book 3.5 stars out of 5