Status Updates From País de nieve

a bit strange and confusing so far but addictive prose and setting

The extended flashback of Shimamura’s first springtime encounter with the yet-unnamed bathhouse geisha blends past and present, purposefully so, as the winter vacationer seem out place whatever the setting might be. And yet he notes her habit of note-taking on novels - take notice Goodreads enthusiasts - as a waste of effort, even as the rest of this book seems to be begging scrutiny by his unfavourable assessment.