May 19, 2018
May 01, 2018
Book Review: From the Fatherland with Love by Ryu Murakami
Book Review
Author: Ryu Murakami
Translated by: Ralph McCarthy, Charles De Wolf and Ginny Tapley Takemori
Publisher: Pushkin Press, London, UK .2013
ISBN: 978-1-908968-49-4
Pages: 668
Action, intrigue and powerful characters in a
futuristic story
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Ryu
Murakami’s novel is one that I would love to see be made into a big screen
movie, if It was I would imagine it would be like a Japanese version of a Die
Hard movie with the characters of the Expendables fighting a rogue team to save
their own country.
With
an enormous cast of seventy five characters Murakami takes us on a fictional
adventure set in Fukuoka, a large city on the southern island of Kyushu in
Japan.
Researched
to get the background, characters and set the scene he has created a detailed,
action novel that will engage, inform and entertain the reader.
A
rag - tag team of specialists live in an abandoned are of Fukuoka without the
knowledge of the authorities as they have no certificate of residence. Left to their
own devices over a number of years they have honed their skills and have been
quietly and waiting for an opportunity to be of use to society. A change of
circumstance occurs in their very city and they rise to the challenge
A
slick, fast moving futuristic story with likeable characters, a story line
interweaved with places, people and history. It has all the hallmarks you
expect from a Ryu Murakami novel. Can’t wait for the movie version!
Book Review
Labels: Books about Japan
April 01, 2018
Book Review - The Memory Book By Jerry Lucas
Book Review – The
Memory Book
Author: Jerry Lucas & Harold
Lorayne
Publisher: Ballantine, Random House,
New York, USA, 1974.
ISBN: 0-345-33758-1
Pages: 206.
An
essential tool for improving your memory
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2012, JapaneseCustomer.com. All rights reserved,
The book opens with a
foreword from Jerry Lucas who recalls his childhood, how Harold Lorayne was one
of his idols and how he used his memory methods at school and did very well in
his grades. The book is a series of 27 chapters that recall the first meeting
between the two and cover a wide range of topics, insights, practical exercises
& techniques
Anyone who reads the book
will benefit as the skills will enhance your everyday life skills. For language
learners chapter 7 has some great techniques.
“where memory is concerned, an entity consists of two things.. a
definition or meaning to a word” p 39
“…foreign
word is changed to a definite tangible picture in the mind”
Positives
* It is a paperback so it
is small, light & easy to carry meaning that you can read it anywhere.
* The book gets started
early with simple, easy to understand, practical memory skills
* Good range of topics
& techniques – tips for putting names to faces, remembering speeches and
important information.
Negatives
* Not enough time to read,
practice & fully explore all that is in this book
Summary
* A very useful, practical
& simple way to improve your memory. Techniques are easy to apply and use
in your daily life
Book Review – The
Memory Book
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Labels: Books about Japan, Review
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