Recent Comments
- jun - @J I had the same thought about the rhino. And he’s nearly drowned twice so far. @K I’m glad to...
- K - It was the passage of time between advances that really got me. On the one hand, yeah, Cal is a 15 year old...
- J - Wow. You’ve convinced me I made the right decision in not reading the rest. How many times does he nearly...
- J - True. Like we can’t rebuild our society without some cataclysmic tragedy to motivate us.
- K - I think part of the issue is that so many dystopian books are also post-apocalyptic. It’s often used as...
Botchan Archive
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Botchan (Natsume Soseki)
Posted on April 9, 2011 | 1 CommentThe Plot The younger son of a relatively middle class family in Meiji era Japan, the narrator of Botchan advances through life with a reckless attitude and next to no thought at all for his... -
J’s Take on Botchan
Posted on March 7, 2011 | 4 CommentsWe usually decide on what books we’re going to do months in advance of when we actually read and review them. As evidenced here. So by the time it was Botchan‘s month, the only thing...