The Hundred-Yen Singer
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The Hundred-Yen Singer
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Rinka Kazuki is an enka singerfinding a loving relationship. Following her through the suburbs of Tokyo as she tries to avoid the pitfalls of her p... read full description

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Dec 09, 2009
Illa rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Може ли някой да отрече, че чалгата е част от популярната култура на нашето общество? Колкото и да се гнусим от нея, тя е реалност, с която се сблъскваме на най-невероятни места. „Елате, да чуете японска чалга“, казах. „Това не е чалга – възразиха ми. – Това са стари градски песни“. Да, приех възражението. В енка няма пошлост, само театрална приповдигнатост, която ми идва леко вповече. При това енка е демоде, слушат я само пенсионерите по санаториумите – поне така излиза от романа на Наоми Суен More...
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Feb 08, 2010
Veronika rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Great! One of best works of Japanese literature for me.
Clever, humorous, witty story told by main heroine Rinka Kazuki, 34 years old cheap (not very famous) singer of traditional ballads enka in spas, cabarets, restaurants and so on. She lives in small flat with her (rather well situated) boyfriend who is married but doesn´t love her wife (but pays her as he would live her, he hids Rinka from her and he hates only to think about his divorce, maybe because his children). He loves Rinka, bu More...
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Jul 28, 2010
Kikuko rated it: 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book...though I wonder how much of that is because I not only like music, but I also live in Saitama, the places in which get multiple mentions. It's kind of cool reading a book that's full of places you've actually been!
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