so this is late. there's no other way to say it. but here's why: dostoevsky sucks. and with the ap test coming up, rather then struggle through some long book with little plot, i've decided to reread books that i quite enjoyed but don't quite remember everything in it, so that i can use it on the test. so this is late because i decided to give up on notes from the underground and instead read "Thousand Cranes" by Yasunari Kawabata. if you don't know this man, it's a shame because he's one of the only prominent oriental writers in the west, and all his books are about sexual deviation. this book is about some kids fucking his dad's mistress while his dad's other mistress tries to get him to fuck her and some other girl. however below this very japanese storyline (all japanese stories are about sex and gay sex and tentecle sex) is a extended metaphor about the lose of japanese heritage following WWII. it's kinda sad, and although i'm very pro-progress-super-liberal-who-cares-about-traditioins, even i can't help feeling disgusted at how america raped japan of it's cultural heritage, and not in the way it would have wanted it either.
i remember most of the metaphor, just little details and names mostly that i needed to remember. besides that it's a great book and i in no way mind reading it again.
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