Description
What does it mean to be "normal"?
Have you ever experienced "reverse culture shock"?
Have you ever wanted to read a book in Japanese?
Hengtee Lim, author of "Something Like Hope," shares with us some insights and advice for those of us who want to break into the world of Japanese literature.
He also shares a reading of his translated version of Murata Sayaka's short story "Pochi"
I truly hope you enjoy this episode.
For a copy of "Something Like Hope": https://www.snippetsbooks.com/
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