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I am currently reading three books:
World Like Mist by Yu Hua
The Silent Cry by Kenzaburo Oe
The First Man by Albert Camus
The first book is a collection of novels, the last one is a sort of work-in-progress autobiographical story, but the author died before completing it.
Before I was reading Fury by Salman Rushdie, Still Lives by Natsuki Ikezawa and some theatrical pieces by Giovanni Testori (but this last one doesn't really count, since it was for an exam, mainly).
Next books I will read... I don't know. Probably more than one at the same time. I have this intriguing biography of Houdini that I received as gift. This one will be one of the next books I will start after I finish those I am reading now.
I have many books to read at the moment, but I am also planning to buy something new very soon. I am a book addict!
Mena, Kawabata is an amazing author. I know the book you mentioned in your post, I did read it two years ago I think. He has great sensitivity and his books are always filled with a deep sense of beauty and melancholy. He was a follower of aesthetics, and one of the things I admire more is his ability in describing even the most tough, sorrowful or gloomy aspects of life and human relations (with other humans or nature, mostly) in a delicate and graceful way. The book of Kawabata I prefer is The House of Sleeping Bauties.
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