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SUMMARY:JFT Book Club Online: The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura
DESCRIPTION:For the upcoming JFT Book Club Online\, we will discuss Natsuko Imamura’s The Woman in the Purple Skirt (むらさきのスカートの女)\, an Akutagawa Prize-winning novel. Join our virtual conversation about this whimsical and mesmerizing book\, moderated by Kris Kosaka (Columnist\, The Japan Times). \nRSVP: library@jftor.org \n*Please be aware that space may be limited.\n*Prior to the meeting\, an email will be sent to you with a website link and log-in password to enter the online Zoom meeting. \nIf you have any questions or concerns\, please don’t hesitate to email us. New members are always welcome! \n  \nWHY JOIN JFT BOOK CLUB?\nYou can read a book by yourself\, but when you read something thought-provoking or moving\, it’s natural to want to discuss it with someone else. (And Imamura is known for writing characters who are a little out of the ordinary!) JFT Book Club provides an exciting platform to meet other book lovers from different cultural backgrounds\, get inspired by a diversity of experiences and opinions\, and develop a richer understanding of the book and contemporary Japan that you wouldn’t gain from reading alone. What’s more\, we will be having an amazing moderator Kris Kosoda\, who is great at stimulating and facilitating the discussion. \n\nWHERE YOU CAN FIND THE BOOK? \nThe Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura is available for circulation on JFT OverDrive. Sign in with your library card to borrow or to place a hold. To get a new library card or to renew your existing card\, please follow the instructions found here. \nFor more information about the book\, click here. \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nThe Woman in the Purple Skirt (むらさきのスカートの女)\nWritten by Natsuko Imamura\nTranslated by Lucy North\nPenguin Publishing Group\, 2021 \nA bestselling\, prizewinning novel by one of Japan’s most acclaimed young writers\, for fans of Convenience Store Woman\, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine\, and the movies Parasite and Rear Window. \n  \nI think what I’m trying to say is that I’ve been wanting to become friends with the Woman in the Purple Skirt for a very long time… \nAlmost every afternoon\, the Woman in the Purple Skirt sits on the same park bench\, where she eats a cream bun while the local children make a game of trying to get her attention. Unbeknownst to her\, she is being watched–by the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan\, who is always perched just out of sight\, monitoring which buses she takes\, what she eats\, whom she speaks to. \nFrom a distance\, the Woman in the Purple Skirt looks like a schoolgirl\, but there are age spots on her face\, and her hair is dry and stiff. She is single\, she lives in a small apartment\, and she is short on money–just like the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan\, who lures her to a job as a housekeeper at a hotel\, where she too is a housekeeper. Soon\, the Woman in the Purple Skirt is having an affair with the boss and all eyes are on her. But no one knows or cares about the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan. That’s the difference between her and the Woman in the Purple Skirt. \nStudiously deadpan and chillingly voyeuristic\, and with the off-kilter appeal of the novels of Ottessa Moshfegh\, The Woman in the Purple Skirt explores envy\, loneliness\, power dynamics\, and the vulnerability of unmarried women in a taut\, suspenseful narrative about the sometimes desperate desire to be seen. \n“A taut and compelling depiction of loneliness and obsession.” –Paula Hawkins\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train \n“[It] will keep you firmly in its grip.” –Oyinkan Braithwaite\, bestselling author of My Sister\, the Serial Killer \n“The love child of Eugene Ionesco and Patricia Highsmith.” –Kelly Link\, bestselling author of Get in Trouble \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nNatsuko Imamura is one of Japan’s most exciting writers. Nominated three times for the Akutagawa Prize\, the most prestigious literary award in Japan\, she won it in 2019 for The Woman in the Purple Skirt. A self-professed fan of Yoko Ogawa’s\, she has been called “a second Sayaka Murata” (the author of Convenience Store Woman) for her use of acerbic humor and satire. Born in Hiroshima\, she now lives in Osaka with her husband and their daughter. Like the main character in The Woman in the Purple Skirt\, she has worked in a hotel as a housekeeper. \n\nABOUT THE MODERATOR \nWriter Kris Kosaka moved to Japan in 1996 to accept a position teaching high school English at an international school. She fell in love with the country and soon met her future husband\, Makoto. They made their home in Kamakura\, where Kris continued teaching and writing while raising their two children. Although temporarily in Tampa\, FL (her hometown) while their daughter completes her high school education in the States\, Kris’s heart is in Japan. In her spare time\, Kris enjoys reading and running. Kris is a frequent contributor to The Japan Times\, and a regular columnist for their Books pages. \n  \n\nPrevious Book Clubs\n\nJFT Book Club Online:Colorful by Eto Mori– November 10\, 2021\, 2021 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Heaven by Mieko Kawakami – August 12\, 2021 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Manga – June 10\, 2021 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Bring Your Own Book – April 8\, 2021 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: The Memory Police – February 11\, 2021 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Breasts and Egg – November 5\, 2020 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Travel Japan – August 20\, 2020 \n\nJFT Book Club Online – June 11\, 2020 \n\nMemoirs of a Polar Bear – February 20\, 2020 \n\nThe Little House – December 12\, 2019 \n\nMystery Book Club – October 10\, 2019 \n\nMovies and Books – August 8\, 2019 \n\n\nBooks and Tea – June 6\, 2019
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SUMMARY:The JFT Library Book Club Online: Manga - June 2021
DESCRIPTION:The JFT Book Club Online: Manga took place Thursday\, June 10\, 2021 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (EDT) \nCheck out the list of books that were discussed and recommended by participants or download the full list below. \nSee our collection of manga available to borrow on JF OverDrive or our Online Library Catalogue to see if they are available for circulation at our library. \nThank you to everyone who participated! \n  \nThe JFT Library Book Club Online: Manga Booklist\n \n\n\n\n\n	TitleAuthorGenre\n\n\n\n\n	3x3 EyesTakada\, YuzoSeinen\, Adventure\, Romance\n\n\n	March Comes In Like a LionUmino\, ChicaSeinen\, Coming-of-age\, Romance\n\n\n	Message to AdolfTezuka\, OsamuSeinen\, Historical\n\n\n	Natsume's Book of FriendsMidorikawa\, Yuki Shojo\, Supernatural\n\n\n	RealInoue\, TakehikoSeinen\, Sports\n\n\n	Sayonara Zetsubou-senseiKumeta\, KojiShonen\, Dark comedy\n\n\n	Witch Hat AtelierShirahama\, Kamome Seinen\, Fantasy\n\n\n\n\n\nThe theme for this month’s JFT Library Book Club is manga (Japanese comics)! Join the JFT Book Club to discover new genres and narratives you’ve never encountered before and share your personal favourites! \n  \nThursday\, June 10\, 2021 [3:00 pm – 4:00 pm] \nRead and share a manga title of your choice with other library users and get recommendations for future reads. Manga titles may be from any genre – shojo\, shonen\, comedy\, science fiction\, period drama\, psychological thrillers\, horror\, romance\, etc. \nLooking for manga to read?\nCheck out our collection of manga available to borrow on JFT OverDrive or this Manga book list available in JFT Library.\nBooks may be from any section of the JFT Library – physical or digital from JFT OverDrive.\n*Books must be written originally in English or translated from original Japanese to English or French* \nThe JFT Library Book Club will be conducted through Zoom. Please email the library at library@jftor.org to reserve your seat.\nPrior to the meeting\, an email will be sent to you with a website link and log-in password to enter the online Zoom meeting.\nPlease be aware that space may be limited. \nIf you have any questions or concerns\, please don’t hesitate to contact us via email. \nThank you for participating! \n\n \nInterested in learning more about Japanese manga? \nFind out more about how manga are translated across genres in the first of the Parallel Worlds series of discussions\, Parallel Worlds: Translating Manga\, on June 17\, 2021 at 8:00PM (EDT)\, where translator Jocelyne Allen sits down with colleagues David Evelyn and Jenny McKeon to discuss the challenges and thrills of connecting two different cultures. \n\nPrevious Book Clubs\n\nJFT Book Club Online: Bring Your Own Book – April 8\, 2021 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: The Memory Police – February 11\, 2021 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Breasts and Egg – November 5\, 2020 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Travel Japan – August 20\, 2020 \n\nJFT Book Club Online – June 11\, 2020 \n\n\nMemoirs of a Polar Bear – February 20\, 2020 \n\nThe Little House – December 12\, 2019 \n\nMystery Book Club – October 10\, 2019 \n\nMovies and Books – August 8\, 2019 \n\n\nBooks and Tea – June 6\, 2019
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SUMMARY:The JFT Library Book Club Online - Bring Your Own Book
DESCRIPTION:The JFT Library Book Club – Bring Your Own Book  April 2021\nThank you to all those who participated in The JFT Library Book Club Online– Bring Your Own Book on April 8\, 2021 \n  \nCheck out the list of books that were discussed during the book club below or download the full list here. \n  \n  \n  \nPlease continue to check the JFT’s website for future book club schedules. \n\nJoin the Book Club and be part of the JFT Library community. Share a book of your choice with other library users and get recommendations for future reads! \n  \nThursday\, April 8\, 2021 [3:00 pm – 4:00 pm] \nBooks may be from any section of the JFT library – both fiction and non-fiction.\n*Books must be written originally in English or translated from original Japanese to English or French* \n  \nFor the book club\, you may: \n\nBring the book you currently have on loan and share what you’ve been reading!\nTalk about the most memorable book you’ve read from JFT Library’s collection. If you still remember it\, odds are\, the book was just that good!\nBe creative with getting your reading materials! Check out our Inventorial and Thematic Book Lists to get an idea for your next book. You can search whether the book is part of JFT’s collection through our online catalogue.\n\n  \nThe JFT Library Book Club will be conducted through Zoom. Please email the library at library@jftor.org to reserve your seat. \nPrior to the meeting\, an email will be sent to you with a website link and log-in password to enter the online Zoom meeting.\nPlease be aware that space may be limited. \nIf you have any questions or concerns\, please don’t hesitate to contact us via email. \nThank you for participating! \n\nPrevious Book Clubs\n\nJFT Book Club Online: The Memory Police – February 11\, 2021 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Breasts and Egg – November 5\, 2020 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Travel Japan – August 20\, 2020 \n\nJFT Book Club Online – June 11\, 2020 \n\n\nMemoirs of a Polar Bear – February 20\, 2020 \n\nThe Little House – December 12\, 2019 \n\nMystery Book Club – October 10\, 2019 \n\nMovies and Books – August 8\, 2019 \n\n\nBooks and Tea – June 6\, 2019
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SUMMARY:The JFT Library Book Club Online - The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \n  \nJoin our first book club of year 2021! \nWe will discuss the highly-acclaimed novel “The Memory Police (密やかな結晶)” by Yoko Ogawa\, shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize and finalist of the 2019 National Book Award. \n  \nThursday\, February 11\, 2020 [3:00 pm – 4:00 pm] \n  \n  \n  \nThe JFT Library Book Club will be conducted through Zoom. Please email the library at library@jftor.org to reserve your seat. \nPrior to the meeting\, an email will be sent to you with a website link and log-in password to enter the online Zoom meeting.\nPlease be aware that space may be limited. \nIf you have any questions or concerns\, please don’t hesitate to contact us via email. \nThank you for participating! \n\nThe Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa\nPantheon\, 2019 \nOn an unnamed island off an unnamed coast\, objects are disappearing: first hats\, then ribbons\, birds\, roses—until things become much more serious. Most of the island’s inhabitants are oblivious to these changes\, while those few imbued with the power to recall the lost objects live in fear of the draconian Memory Police\, who are committed to ensuring that what has disappeared remains forgotten. \nWhen a young woman who is struggling to maintain her career as a novelist discovers that her editor is in danger from the Memory Police\, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her floorboards. As fear and loss close in around them\, they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past. \nA surreal\, provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss\, The Memory Police is a stunning new work from one of the most exciting contemporary authors writing in any language. (book description from Amazon.ca) \n\nPrevious Book Clubs\n\nJFT Book Club Online: Breasts and Egg – November 5\, 2020 \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Travel Japan – August 20\, 2020 \n\nJFT Book Club Online – June 11\, 2020 \n\n\nMemoirs of a Polar Bear – February 20\, 2020 \n\nThe Little House – December 12\, 2019 \n\nMystery Book Club – October 10\, 2019 \n\nMovies and Books – August 8\, 2019 \n\n\nBooks and Tea – June 6\, 2019
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