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1. 'super-frog saves tokyo' by haruki murakami, translated by jay rubin
"shall i croak for you?"
this was so fun. i love me a 6 foot tall frog who quotes hemingway and dostoevsky. i would like to think about the deeper meaning of this, maybe how frog was just the embodiment of the mc's fantasy of wanting to have some bigger mark on the world, like saving tokyo from a horrific disaster. end scene was so gruesome!
— Aug 09, 2026 10:35AM
"shall i croak for you?"
this was so fun. i love me a 6 foot tall frog who quotes hemingway and dostoevsky. i would like to think about the deeper meaning of this, maybe how frog was just the embodiment of the mc's fantasy of wanting to have some bigger mark on the world, like saving tokyo from a horrific disaster. end scene was so gruesome!
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salma
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7. 'the flower garden' by mieko kawakami (translated by hitomi yoshio)
this is a horror story /: so unsettling.
— Aug 23, 2026 01:00PM
this is a horror story /: so unsettling.
salma
is on page 68 of 443
6. 'one minus one' by colm tóibín
this made me cry and i feel awfully sad writing this. i don't think i've ever experienced real grief and i fear it and death more than anything. it is not the grief itself, i think, but the regret and guilt that i know will come with it. this made me feel terrible honestly
— Aug 14, 2026 06:46PM
this made me cry and i feel awfully sad writing this. i don't think i've ever experienced real grief and i fear it and death more than anything. it is not the grief itself, i think, but the regret and guilt that i know will come with it. this made me feel terrible honestly
salma
is on page 55 of 443
5. 'war of the clowns' by mia couto (translated by eric m. b. becker)
clowns ARE scary
— Aug 14, 2026 06:16PM
clowns ARE scary
salma
is on page 52 of 443
4. 'my sad dead' by mariana enriquez (translated by megan mcdowell)
this made me terribly sad ):
— Aug 12, 2026 09:14PM
this made me terribly sad ):
salma
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3. 'apples' by gunnhild øyehaug (translated by kari dickson)
so so beautiful. i adored this one so much. i love how each portion revealed something at its end that seamlessly led to the next. need to look up this author's work.
— Aug 11, 2026 07:45AM
so so beautiful. i adored this one so much. i love how each portion revealed something at its end that seamlessly led to the next. need to look up this author's work.
salma
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2. 'the illumination of santiago' by nona fernández (translated by idra novey)
the welcoming of electricity and light :') so sweet and heart-warming. it must've been so exciting seeing something so new and inconceivable.
— Aug 09, 2026 08:46PM
the welcoming of electricity and light :') so sweet and heart-warming. it must've been so exciting seeing something so new and inconceivable.