They got married ten days ago. They haven't had sex yet and they don't intend to.
As it turned out, the only way to make their parents get ... read full description
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May 13, 2008
Kikuko
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This book is a wonderful look into a very interesting set of characters in a very interesting arrangement--Shoko is a clinically depressed woman prone to outbursts of hysteric crying and bouts of throwing various objects, and Mutsuki, a kind-hearted doctor who happens to be homosexual. They fall into a marriage of convenience, the idea of their parents, desperate to show that their children are "normal". However, the arranged marriage is not enough, the couple discovers, as their paren
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Feb 25, 2008
Littlenk
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This book is simple, yet, beautiful. The story is told by Shoko and Mutsuki. Shoko and Mutsuki have a marriage of convenience so they can present to the outside world that they're Normal. Actually, Shoko is a depressed alcholic and Mutsuki is homosexual. This book is about how they feel about each other and the world. So beautiful, I even cried.
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Jul 07, 2011
Alibiserver
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How would you stage and keep a sham marriage forever.
Japanese plots never fail to amuse me thus, despite their costs (this little book which can be finished for a day set me back 20 dollars) I usually dig in and read them. I had been wanting to read Ekuni's Twinkle Twinkle after collecting many of Vertical's releases and while the anticipation was high, the expectation got nigh.
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Japanese plots never fail to amuse me thus, despite their costs (this little book which can be finished for a day set me back 20 dollars) I usually dig in and read them. I had been wanting to read Ekuni's Twinkle Twinkle after collecting many of Vertical's releases and while the anticipation was high, the expectation got nigh.
The novel starts in medias res, which unlike the movie, starts to where it should be (and so I More...
Dec 31, 2011
Viet
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Ekuni Kaori - Phạm Quỳnh Nga dịch -
Chọn quyển sách này về đọc vì đó là tác phẩm cô giáo mình dịch, phần nữa là vì đọc thấy nhận xét tác giả Ekuni Kaori như một "Haruki Murakami nữ " của văn học Nhật Bản. Nhưng tác phẩm này chỉ nhẹ nhàng đi qua, mình thực sự ít cảm nhận được cái hay của nó. Đã mua cả "Tháp Tokyo" của cùng tác giả, không biết có hay không nữa :|
Được cái đọc những tác phẩm của các tác giả Nhật Bản thấy thật gần gũi. Thấy nhớ Nh More...
Ekuni Kaori - Phạm Quỳnh Nga dịch -
Chọn quyển sách này về đọc vì đó là tác phẩm cô giáo mình dịch, phần nữa là vì đọc thấy nhận xét tác giả Ekuni Kaori như một "Haruki Murakami nữ " của văn học Nhật Bản. Nhưng tác phẩm này chỉ nhẹ nhàng đi qua, mình thực sự ít cảm nhận được cái hay của nó. Đã mua cả "Tháp Tokyo" của cùng tác giả, không biết có hay không nữa :|
Được cái đọc những tác phẩm của các tác giả Nhật Bản thấy thật gần gũi. Thấy nhớ Nh More...
Sep 28, 2010
Pamela
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A light tale of dysfunctional people who don't really solve any of their problems: She abuses alcohol, he's gay, and their parents decide it would be good for them to get together and get married. And then have children. In Japanese society they are damaged goods. Together they start to make their way, accepting of each other's "otherness."
My favorite moments in the book are the main female character's personification of a potted tree the couple received as a wedding gift. More...
My favorite moments in the book are the main female character's personification of a potted tree the couple received as a wedding gift. More...
May 28, 2009
Gertrude & Victoria
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Twinkle Twinkle by Ekuni Kaori is a woman's story, told from a two perspectives, Shoko, a young female translator, and Mutsuki, her husband doctor, alternating from chapter to chapter. This dual person perspective is not really two different and conflicting or contrasting views, but one, from two marginally different angles. The story lacks natural external conflict (among other things,) which made for an unexciting read. To compensate Ekuni creates conflict through Shoko, the main character;
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Sep 01, 2011
Greg
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My copy of Twinkle Twinkle was misprinted; two of the "magazines" of pages got swapped so the book was out of order. It's to Kaori Ekuni's credit that even before I'd figured it out, I didn't mind. There's a sparkle in this story that kept me interested from start to finish, and I wish some more of her writings were being translated into English.
(That said, the book is better if read in the proper order.)
(That said, the book is better if read in the proper order.)
Jul 20, 2010
Jinky
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This was a borderline... I didn't like it. It was incredibly wacky! But what saved it was my take out which was that marriage involves compromises, sacrifices, patience, acceptance, etc.
May 02, 2011
sheena
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Kaori Ekuni thinks it is "reckless to love and trust another person." And she thinks this in a very beautiful, hands-on sort of way. Light and pretty reading.
Jun 09, 2011
Fascinating Japanese novel dealing with the construction of identity, sexuality, marital status, and the personality of a marriage.
Dec 22, 2010
Kit
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reads almost like a film treatment in its breeziness, but still really enjoyable, even if it makes banana yoshimoto look like balzac.
Dec 25, 2011
Hà Linh
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It's so real and unreal.
In this so real and toughly crazy world, Shoko, Mutsuki, Kon and even Kaki and Kajibe seem to be not real at all. They live within their own small world staying true to their own selves and so that it seems like they and the world they create are always on the verge of disappearing some day...
But the love between them is so warm, heart-touching. It's real and it will remain.
Ekuni's writing is tender but her tenderness is different from Yoshimoto's, More...
In this so real and toughly crazy world, Shoko, Mutsuki, Kon and even Kaki and Kajibe seem to be not real at all. They live within their own small world staying true to their own selves and so that it seems like they and the world they create are always on the verge of disappearing some day...
But the love between them is so warm, heart-touching. It's real and it will remain.
Ekuni's writing is tender but her tenderness is different from Yoshimoto's, More...
Nov 25, 2010
Liked it....keep thinking about it. I wish more by this author was available in English!
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