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Language-learning: Beyond some monologues about faith and Christianity, the novel has many dialogues and narrative passages that are more or less easy to understand in terms of N2 grammar. However, there are constant N1 words that, although not essential to understand the passage in general, would be very useful to know to enjoy the story more.

Story: It is a very melancholic and sad story about past friendships and romances set in Japan before and during World War II. The protagonist, Shiomi,

Moegara is back

Moegara is back with his melancholic storytelling in this compilation of short essays packed with memories and stories from his youth days. Being that the author reached his twenties in the 90's, he offers a very detailed description of that pre-phones/social media era, drawing comparisons with the present. I particularly liked how he describes that feeling of remembering people we met at a certain time in our lives, schoolmates or someone we met one particular night drinking at a bar, and of wh

Book review:

Kataoka recreates in a very attractive way the rebellious youth of the 80s and delves into the opposition between the city and the countryside through a motorbike trip around Japan in an almost sensory experience: the mountains of Nagano, the coast of Kamakura, the great avenues of Tokyo or the islands of the Seto Inland Sea. It really feels like you're driving the protagonist's Kawasaki around those places. Romance, motorcycling and city pop, a very good combination.

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