At first glance book ‘The Vegetarian’ may impose some skeptical thoughts to the reader, but with every page you read through it becomes increasingly clear that this is not a simple story about a woman who does not eat meat. The book is psychologically difficult with such topics as domestic violence and also philosophically challenging, raising questions about the boundaries of human virtue and lust. The extremely grotesque novel forces the reader to contemplate about various (more…)

Haruki Murakami (1949 01 12) – the writer whose creations became bestsellers not only in Japan but in the whole world. His books were translated in 50 languages, and over 1mln copies were sold. The master of mysteries gained lots of prestige prizes and nominations.

H. Murakami wrote “Pinball, 1973” as his first (more…)

Japanese fables collection called „Wild Roses“ – is a great way to have a look at Japanese culture, analyze the folk moral values and life wisdom. The fables – a specific genre that is easy to read and that lets the reader to be acquainted with Japanese mythology and other fantastic things.

In this collection there are plenty of instructive stories. These stories have a concealed moral that teaches the reader to be (more…)

This novel is about a 21 year old guy, who studies biology and came back home for summer holidays. Having a lot of free time leads narrator and his old friend called “Rat“ spending a big portion of it in J‘s bar. There they just drink beer and smoke. The main character of the novel is quite a silent guy but he ponders about many different things. Most of his contemplations revolve around his three ex girlfriends, strange accidents, carnal love and his new friend who has lost one (more…)

“..for a great many people, the evening is the most enjoyable part of the day. Perhaps, then, there is something to his advice that I should cease looking back so, much, that I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make the best of what remains of my day.” – with these words, in last pages of Kazuo Ishiguro novel “The Remains of the Day” the main character, an elderly English butler named Stevens, tries to encourage himself to turn over a new leaf and leave his past (more…)

The book describes houses of eight tidying up experts whose home are different size and number of family members. Each expert has come up with their own techniques that help to maintain a clean environment, save space and find things easily. The book has plenty of advice on how many things need to be stored, what interior parts you should buy and how to install stylish rooms. This art of tidying up reflects a harmonious environment that helps a person to relax and feel joy. (more…)

„Five-Coloured Deer: Japanese Folk Tales“ – a set of 35 Japanese tales, translated by Dagija Kugevičiūtė in 2012. She was still a student at the University of Newcastle, UK, at the time. It is often said that folk tales is a great way to spark the interest in the culture of a certain country, especially if the said country is as exotic as Japan.

The characters if these tales perfectly demonstrate the importance of honesty and hard work, while those greedy, lazy or (more…)

Robert. T. Kiyosaki in his book “Rich Dad Poor Dad“ reveal the truth about how to become wealthy. The book starts with the story about his childhood, when he was only nine years old boy, since that was the time when he started to be interested in becoming rich. R.T. Kiyosaki‘s father (poor dad) had a different creed than author‘s friend‘s father (rich dad) did, for example, poor dad considered well known Robin Hood to be a hero, on the other hand, rich dad believed him to be a nothing (more…)

In this book you will find easy to follow The Japanese tea ceremony also called the Way of Tea , which you can perform both at home and in a special place called the Tea room. Clearly written links to every move will help you easily understand tea ceremony’s meaning, artistic value and make your meeting with friends different.

In the first chapter of this book, you will be introduced to the Way of Tea and main used dishes, later on you will be able to learn about etiquette and secrets of this ceremony. So first of all, when you will start this book you will be introduced to The Japnanese tea ceremony and just then, when later in the book you will start to learn about the real Way of Tea. (more…)

People have dreamed about having various supernatural powers since ancient times. One of those is the ability to fly and because of that, we have fairy tales about flying carpets and other similar fairy tales or myths, which include supernatural powers. However, myths are not just stories about people’s dreams.

Primitive people could not explain some certain forces of nature so they used to spiritualize them. Myths gave people strength they needed to overcome life difficulties and they inspired people to work. People used to create gods according to their own imagination and used myths to get  the work done. When society split into classes, rulers took myths and used them to scare people, make them obedient. (more…)