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Chymist
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Seeking Japanese Weird
I greatly enjoy foreign horror and weird fiction. Reading Vandermeer's collection The Weird has me all riled up on finding new and exciting weird fiction. I believe myself pretty well read. But I must say I don't know much about Japanese horror and weird fiction. So I was wondering if any one had any recommendations for post 1960 japanese weird horror fiction?
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Re: Seeking Japanese Weird
Edogawa Rampo (Edgar Alan Poe in Katakana; guess he figured no one would ever hear of such an obscure Yankee writer in Japan).
Hearn's Kwaidan. The comic artist Junji Ito. Addendum: Just realized your wanted /post/ 1960 authors - try some of the authors in the Monkey Brain Sushi anthology. | |||||||||||
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11-30-2012 | #3 | |||||||||||
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Re: Seeking Japanese Weird
You might be interested in the Kaiki series, which anthologises from what is apparently a very rich history of weird and uncanny tales, that developed independantly from the west.
There are 3 books in the series, it's not all post 60's but there are modern tales too. | |||||||||||
12-02-2012 | #4 |
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japanese gothic tales by izumi kyoka
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i would also add the poetry of hagiwara sakutaro
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I skimmed the thread, so I might have missed it - but if not, I'm surprised no one has recommended Kobo Abe yet?
I already recommended this elsewhere, but nothing wrong with a second: For those who have seen the movie, the comic is much better - though arguably less coherent. The story is essentially a series of vignettes where people become obsessed with, possessed by, and ultimately killed by, spirals. Very strange. The art is also masterful pen and ink work - don't let the fact it's manga discourage you if you're put off by popular manga/anime works. My own copy of this edition should actually be arriving tomorrow - it probably won't be available in hardcover for long...Japanese comics tend to be rather ephemeral. | |||||||||||
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Re: Seeking Japanese Weird
The Sound of White Ants: <--My review just started.
THE SOUND OF WHITE ANTS Stories of Modern Japan by Brian Howell Elastic Press 2004 My recent review of this author’s THE STREAM & THE TORRENT. My previous reviews of Elastic Press books. ================ My older review of Justin Isis: I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like The Isis State of Japan. All my reviews of Quentin S. Crisp books: http://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/quentin-s-crisp/ With Japan stories involved. | |||||||||||
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12-02-2012 | #8 | |||||||||||
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Re: Seeking Japanese Weird
I guess I was more wondering who the lovecrafts of japanese lit? The borges? The poe? Rampo is writer who I delved into. Love The Human Chair. And I'm familar with Hino's and Ito's mango. Also with Kwaidan.
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Koji Suzuki has been called Japan's Stephen King and Lovecraft in various media.
Hideyuki Kikuchi, also called Lovecraftian (potentially again as a marketing tool), might be what you're after. | |||||||||||
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Re: Seeking Japanese Weird
I've been reading Murakami's The Elepahant Vanishes. I really am liking his work. I love the rich horror cinema and manga of japan. I just think there has to be some great horror novels and short stroy collections waiting to be discovered.
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