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Marshland - Otohiko Kaga (lemmy.world)
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I'll be starting this book today. It's been a few months since I've read fiction.

It's originally in Japanese but translated to English by Albert Novick.

"Otohiko Kaga's Marshland is an epic novel on a Tolstoian scale, running from pre-World War II period to the turbulence of 1960s Japan."

It seem really interesting and I'm looking forward to it. I also really like the cover design.

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[โ€“] SiblingNoah@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Woah, boy, look at that epic beauty. An entire forest of trees condensed into one book! [I jest, I jest]

[โ€“] fujiwood@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Only ~880 pages worth of the finest hand watered organic gluten free hardwoods went into making his book.

It's a sight to behold and a hold to besight.