Novels by Ryu Murakami
In the Miso Soup, Almost Transparent Blue, Coin Locker Babies, Audition, 69, Kyoko
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2010
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: In the Miso Soup, Almost Transparent Blue, Coin Locker Babies, Audition, 69, Kyoko. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: In the Miso Soup In za Misospu) is a novel by Ryu Murakami. It was published in 1997 in Japanese, and in English in 2003. Twenty year-old Kenji is a Japanese "nightlife" guide for foreigners he navigates gaijin men around the sex clubs and hostess bars of Tokyo. On December 29 he receives a phone call from an American named Frank, who seeks three nights of his services. While Kenji has promised to spend more time with his girlfriend, sixteen year-old Jun, the money is too good to pass up. He finds himself closing out the end of the year accompanying Frank around Shinjuku, wondering if his strange, plastic-skinned patron could be responsible for the gruesome events recently reported in the news. Part of the novel's interest lies in the original perspective offered on Japanese culture. To begin with, the reader is addressed like an outsider - possibly another one of Kenji's foreign clients. Author and narrator, both native Japanese, are then challenged to re-examine the underside of Tokyo city life from an outsider's point of view as it is introduced to the reader, and explained to Frank over the course of the story. These characters are mentioned to drive the narrative. They are not seen or interacted with. There are several musicians discussed by the characters and songs are used in the narrative. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=158734
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