Cate Crafter

The next stop on our world tour of literature is Japan. I am a massive fan of Japanese fiction; I think that much is pretty obvious if you look at my bookshelf or my Goodreads.

When picking what to read, I was so tempted to choose Murakami, but perhaps he is too obvious, so even though he is my favourite author and I am dying to read more from him, we won’t be reading one of his books. Instead, I have chosen to go with Hiromi Kawakami’s Strange Weather in Tokyo.

Read my review of last month’s Book Club book, The Prose Edda.

Strange Weather in Tokyo follows Tsukiko as she reconnects with her former high school teacher after a chance meeting at a bar one night.

They meet and share meals and drinks over the coming months and it’s soon apparent that these two people may just be falling in love with each other.

The reason why I chose Kawakami’s Strange Weather in Tokyo as the next Sága Book Club book is that I have read a couple of her books and short stories before. Some I have really enjoyed (The Nakano Thrift Shop) and others not so much (Record of a Night Too Brief) and I have been meaning to read her most famous book for a few years now.