Journey to Japan with Marina as she reminisces the years when she lived in Tokyo and what it was like for her, as a young woman in the 80s. She also gives us the low-down on some of the country's most well-known and up-and-coming writers that you can read in translation. From classic favourites to more contemporary wordsmiths, and even feminist literary forces, there's a book for everyone. 

Mentioned this episode:

• Yasunari Kawabata - Palm-of-the-Hand Stories
• Kenzaburō Ōe
• Kazuo Ishiguro - A Pale View of the Hills // An Artist of the Floating World // The Remains of the Day
• Haruki Murakami
• Banana Yoshimoto
• Mieko Kawakami - Breasts and Eggs
• Hiromi Kawakami - The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino
• Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman
• Natsuo Kirino - Out
• Kyoko Nakajima - The Little House
• Yukiko Motoya - The Lonesome Bodybuilder

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