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A review by aqilahreads
Friendship For Grown-Ups by Nao-Cola Yamazaki
3.0
FRIENDSHIP FOR GROWN UPS is the second book of the keshiki series by strangers press which aims to showcase contempory writers based in japan today.
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. containing 3 really short stories that are interlinked with one another, this is quite an interesting reading experience overall but i was hoping that there was just more to it in terms of memorability. the first story was pretty weird ((but not surprising when it comes to japlit)) that focuses on a whimsical genealogy that leads to a woman, kadagawa, who turns out to be at the centre of the second story. and as for the third story, it focuses more on kadagawa's friend and her failed relationship with her boyfriend.
i guess it somehow generally lies in the theme of "friend" even though i was not too sure of the intention of the stories after reading it. it was much later that i found out that the author did not want her books to be something where people read them like essays but she wanted them to be looked at just as pieces of art, like music or paintings.
i really appreciate the publisher for honouring the author's view of literature as i felt that the book was really well put together omg the design is
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. containing 3 really short stories that are interlinked with one another, this is quite an interesting reading experience overall but i was hoping that there was just more to it in terms of memorability. the first story was pretty weird ((but not surprising when it comes to japlit)) that focuses on a whimsical genealogy that leads to a woman, kadagawa, who turns out to be at the centre of the second story. and as for the third story, it focuses more on kadagawa's friend and her failed relationship with her boyfriend.
i guess it somehow generally lies in the theme of "friend" even though i was not too sure of the intention of the stories after reading it. it was much later that i found out that the author did not want her books to be something where people read them like essays but she wanted them to be looked at just as pieces of art, like music or paintings.
i really appreciate the publisher for honouring the author's view of literature as i felt that the book was really well put together omg the design is