A review by oysterkatcher
The Boy in the Earth by Fuminori Nakamura

4.0

There's something about the nonchalant-ness of the narrators in Japanese literature that is very striking to me. It seems that, no matter the situation, they always manage to view it through a very unique (and yet simultaneously blase) manner. Nakamura's narrator is no different--despite the intense and sometimes very graphic depictions of death and near-death, they seem almost bored with it. It makes for a fascinating novel, while being nice and short as well.