The Importance of Human Connection in “Lady Joker” – Chicago Review of Books

The Importance of Human Connection in “Lady Joker” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Kaoru Takamura has won most of the prestigious mystery and literary awards in her native Japan, including the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, the Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize (twice), the Naoki Prize, the Shinran Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, the Noma Literary Prize, the Jiro Osagari Prize, and the Mainichi Arts Award. She’s been … Read more

Strokes of Authenticity in “Portrait of an Unknown Lady” – Chicago Review of Books

Strokes of Authenticity in “Portrait of an Unknown Lady” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] It’s perhaps an unfortunate aspect of art that the value we perceive in it is at least partially derived from public opinion. Who was the work’s creator, and from what circumstances was it made? In Portrait of an Unknown Lady, the second novel from Maria Gainza that has been translated into English by Thomas … Read more