JamesHackerMP Posted June 29, 2017 Report Posted June 29, 2017 I've always been fascinated by Japan. I've read halfway through James Clavell's Shogun; I even took a year of Japanese in high school (they only started offering it my last year). I found on Amazon something called Tale of Genji. Has anyone read this before? If yes, is there a particular translation one could recommend as superior to others? There's like a bazillion of them on Amazon. Assuming I rekindle my study of Japanese, I want to read it in English first. Besides which, it does look pretty cool. Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
JamesHackerMP Posted July 5, 2017 Author Report Posted July 5, 2017 Nobody? Geeze. Someone out there has to be into Japanese besides me. Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
DogOnPorch Posted July 5, 2017 Report Posted July 5, 2017 Tai-Pan Great book. Opium Wars...Hong Kong...all that Terry and the Pirates stuff minus the aircraft. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
JamesHackerMP Posted July 12, 2017 Author Report Posted July 12, 2017 Terry and the Pirates? Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
JamesHackerMP Posted July 12, 2017 Author Report Posted July 12, 2017 I wonder if the moderators will tolerate a thread on classical literature in addition to this one? If the moderators are listening, maybe they can merge these two threads? I do not want to "clutter up" MLW. Quote "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
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