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Japanese Book Club, Last meeting!

<p> Join us for this semester&#39;s last meeting of our new Japanese Literature book club/reading group&nbsp;led by Drs. Peter Schulman and Junji Yoshida who will introduce you to modern classics of Japanese fiction. The club has met once a month on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 Pm at Kotobuki Japanese Restaurant at 721 W. 21<sup>st</sup> in Ghent, Norfolk (<a href="http://www.kotobukisushi.com/">www.kotobukisushi.com</a>) . No prior knowledge of Japanese or Japanese fiction required. Our last session will be on Tuesday&nbsp;April 29&nbsp;and our last reading will be&nbsp;A True Novel, Part II, by Minae Mizumura (Other Press, 2013),. All books will be available for order at Prince&rsquo;s Books, 109 E. Main Street, Norfolk (<a href="http://www.prince-books.com/">www.prince-books.com</a> ). It is not necessary to have come to all the other meetings to attend or to have read this week&#39;s book. Just bring an open mind!</p> <p> &nbsp;We&nbsp;have read&nbsp;the following books:</p> <ol> <li> Kororo by Soseki Natsume (Penguin Classics, 2012) on Tuesday Jan 21</li> <li> <em>Naomi</em> by Junichiro Tanizaki (Vintage 2002) on Tuesday Feb 18</li> <li> <em>A True Novel</em>, Part I, by Minae Mizumura (Other Press, 2013), March, 18</li> <li> A True Novel, Part II, by Minae Mizumura (Other Press, 2013), April 29</li> </ol> <p> For more information or to rsvp contact Dr. Peter Schulman (<a href="mailto:pschulma@odu.edu">pschulma@odu.edu</a>) or Dr. Junji Yoshida (<u><a href="mailto:jyoshida@odu.edu">jyoshida@odu.edu</a></u></p>

Posted By: Peter Schulman
Date: Wed Apr 23 11:22:51 EDT 2014

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