Thursday, 11th February 2010, 7.00pm
The Coach Makers Pub
Marylebone
London
W1U 2PZ
Free for Japan Society members
Please email the office if you plan to attend

The book for discussion at this meeting is Kaori Ekuni’s Kira Kira (‘Twinkle Twinkle’). The book club itself is conducted in English but members can choose the language in which they read the book.

Appearances are deceptive. Mutsuki and Shoko appear to everyone, including their overbearing parents, to be just a typical Tokyo husband and wife. But each has a deep, dark secret, and their marriage of convenience only appears to be the solution each one needs.

Mutsuki is strictly gay and has a boyfriend. Shoko is a clinical case of emotional instability and drinks too much. At first this mismatched pair provided support for each other, but all of a sudden they only seem to bring each other down. In Twinkle Twinkle a modern marriage unravels, and it takes uniquely modern thinking to piece it back together.

Kaori Ekuni is one of Japan’s most popular and admired writers. Twinkle Twinkle, her first novel, won the Murasaki Shikibu Literary Award and was a bestseller.

The book club is held regularly on the 2nd Thursday of the month. The first few books have been chosen, but we would like members to make further suggestions for books to read so that we can build up a plan for the year. It will then be up to the individual to decide on which meetings they wish to attend.

11th February Kira Kira (‘Twinkle Twinkle’) by Kaori Ekuni

11th March 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

8th April Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

The book club is quite informal and any member is welcome to attend. However, in order to help our planning and to give an idea of likely numbers, please would you let us know via events@japansociety.org.uk or tel: 020 7828 6330 if you intend to come.