Week 2: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Anonymous) Kawabata Yasunari; Donald Keene; Miyata Masayuki
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter Book Review This story is the oldest surviving story of Japanese fiction. It's known as the "ancestor of romances" and goes back at least to the 10th century. I read it as part of my reading bucket list - one book a week of the 1001 Books You Must [...]