Diary of Céline Jeurève, February 12, 2048 Charles: how I miss him this maverick husband of mine, he who sends me those erotic little messages that never fail to affect me (in a sweet way)! He has to be away when I am getting more and more anxious - is this how I feel? - … Continue reading The Edge ~ Céline, de cinq à sept
Japan
#FiveSentenceFiction: Moon
Aomame lifted her sight to the skies above: the crescent Moon started appearing behind the clouds, a silver ghost emerging from another world. Tengo thought his lover had turned into a hopeless romantic, but he also felt the pull. Soon the second Moon would appear, to confirm they had crossed the frontier between reality and … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Moon
#AtoZChallenge: April 29, 2013 ~ Yalta (Conference)
Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945 It was their last meeting, the last Allies Conference of the War, that was to reorganise Europe in “peace-time”. WWII was drawing to a close: soon Hitler would be dead in the ruins of Berlin, soon the USSR, and her martyrs, would win the war, at last, at the price … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 29, 2013 ~ Yalta (Conference)
#AtoZChallenge: April 19, 2013: Q = 九
In the Japanese numerals system the number “9” is 九, and its name is kyū, or ku, or kokonotsu, identical to the letter “Q”, so that ichi-ku-hachi-yon, 1Q84, Haruki Murakami’s masterpiece, is also “1984”, a reference to George Orwell’s masterpiece. There are three main alphabets in Japanese: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji, plus the phonetic version … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 19, 2013: Q = 九
#AtoZChallenge: April 16, 2013 ~ Naoko
“It takes time, though, for Naoko’s face to appear. And as the years have passed, the time has grown longer. The sad truth is that what I could recall in 5 seconds all too soon needed ten, then 30, then a full minute - like shadows lengthening at dusk. Someday, I suppose, the shadows will … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 16, 2013 ~ Naoko
#AtoZChallenge: April 12, 2013 ~ Kafka
In the world of this blogger there are two of them: a writer of genius, who died in 1924, wrote The Trial, The Castle, The Metamorphosis and a host of stories and plays, and Nakata “Kafka” Tamura, hero of “Kafka on the Shore”, the novel by Haruki Murakami. Franz Kafka, the writer, inspired Albert Camus … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 12, 2013 ~ Kafka
#AtoZChallenge: April 11, 2013 ~ Japan
When I was a very young man, a boy still really, I imagined Japan as a beautiful and mysterious - hence unattainable - woman. For at that age, one looks at countries one has not visited, let alone lived in, as one does those unfathomable creatures of the opposite gender, with a sense of wonder. … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 11, 2013 ~ Japan
