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Originally Posted by Paul11
I enjoyed Abe Kobo, especially "Tanin no Kao" and Eiji Yoshikawa. Of course I read Musashi first, but my wife gave me "Taiko" and that was fantastic. The first couple of pages spellbinding.
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Abe Kobo is one of my favorites. He writes from a completely different reality. I also like Ryu Murakami (Coin Locker Babies, Piercing) who is very dark and also Haruki Murakami (unrelated) whose books remind more than a little of Abe Kobo.